TY - CHAP A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Brosda, Constantin A1 - Djuderija, Sascha A1 - Drochtert, Daniel A1 - Genc, Ömer A1 - Joeres, Stephan A1 - Kellerberg, Patrick A1 - Looschen, Simon A1 - Geiger, Christian A1 - Wöldecke, Björn T1 - TouchPlanVS - A Tangible Multitouch Planning System for Virtual TV Studio Productions T2 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) N2 - This article presents a new approach of integrating tangible user feedback in todays virtual TV studio productions. We describe a tangible multitouch planning system, enabling multiple users to prepare and customize scene flow and settings. Users can collaboratively view and interact with virtual objects by using a tangible user interface on a shared multitouch surface. The in a 2D setting created TV scenes are simultaneously rendered on an external monitor, using a production/target renderer in 3D. Thereby the user experiences a closer reproduction of a final production. Subsequently, users are able to join together the scenes into one complex plot. Within the developing process, a video prototype of the system shows the user interaction and enables early reviews and evaluations. The requirement analysis is based on expert interviews. KW - augmented KW - virtual realities KW - multimedia information systems KW - FHD KW - VSVR KW - Virtual (TV) Studio Y1 - 2011 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5759226 SN - 978-1-4577-0064-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/3DUI.2011.5759226 SP - 103 EP - 104 PB - IEEE CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ayten, Hüseyin A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Vonolfen, Wolfgang T1 - Visual Acceptance Evaluation of Soft Shadow Algorithms for Virtual TV Studios T2 - HC '10 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Humans and Computers N2 - Shadows in computer graphics are an important rendering aspect for spatial objects. For realtime computer applications such as games, it is essential to represent shadows as accurate as possible. Also, various tv stations work with virtual studio systems instead of real studio sets. Especially for those systems, a realistic impression of the rendered and mixed scene is important. One challenge, hence, is the creation of a natural shadow impression. This paper presents the results of an empirical study to compare the performance and quality of different shadow mapping methods. For this test, a prototype studio renderer was developed. A percentage closer filter (pcf) with a number of specific resolutions is used to minimize the aliasing issue. More advanced algorithms which generate smooth shadows like the percentage closer soft shadow (pcss) method as well as the variance shadow maps (vsm) method are analysed. Different open source apis are used to develop the virtual studio renderer, giving the benefit of permanent enhancement. The Ogre 3D graphic engine is used to implement the rendering system, benefiting from various functions and plugins. The transmission of the tracking data is accomplished with the vrpn server/client and the Intersense api. The different shadow algorithms are compared in a virtual studio environment which also casts real shadows and thus gives a chance for a direct comparison throughout the empirical user study. The performance is measured in frames per secon KW - Virtual (TV) Studio KW - soft shadow KW - realtime rendering KW - augmented reality KW - algorithmus KW - FHD KW - experimentation KW - verification KW - VSVR Y1 - 2010 UR - https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1994505 SP - 66 EP - 71 PB - University of Aizu Press CY - Aizu-Wakamatsu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Klapdohr, Monika A1 - Wöldecke, Björn A1 - Marinos, Dionysios A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Geiger, Christian A1 - Vonolfen, Wolfgang T1 - Vibrotactile Pitfalls: Arm Guidance for Moderators in Virtual TV Studios T2 - HC '10 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Humans and Computers N2 - For this study, an experimental vibrotactile feedback system was developed to help actors with the task of moving their arm to a certain place in a virtual tv studio under live conditions. Our intention is to improve interaction with virtual objects in a virtual set, which are usually not directly visible to the actor, but only on distant displays. Vibrotactile feedback might improve the appearance on tv because an actor is able to look in any desired direction (camera or virtual object) or to read text on a teleprompter while interacting with a virtual object. Visual feedback in a virtual studio lacks spatial relation to the actor, which impedes the adjustment of the desired interaction. The five tactors of the implemented system which are mounted on the tracked arm give additional information like collision, navigation and activation. The user study for the developed system shows that the duration for reaching a certain target is much longer in case no visual feedback is given, but the accuracy is similar. In this study, subjects reported that an activation signal indicating the arrival at the target of a drag & drop task was helpful. In this paper, we discuss the problems we encountered while developing such a vibrotactile display. Keeping these pitfalls in mind could lead to better feedback systems for actors in virtual studio environments. KW - vibrotactile feedback KW - Virtual (TV) Studio KW - augmented reality KW - FHD KW - VSVR Y1 - 2010 UR - https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1994506 SP - 72 EP - 80 PB - University of Aizu Press CY - Aizu-Wakamatsu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Geiger, Christian A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Göbel, Sebastian A1 - Heinze, Christin A1 - Marinos, Dionysios T1 - Design and Virtual Studio Presentation of a Traditional Archery Simulator T2 - Proceedings of the Entertainment Interfaces Track 2010 at Interaktive Kulturen, Duisburg, Germany, September 12-15, 2010 N2 - In this paper we describe the design of a virtual reality simulator for traditional intuitive archery. Traditional archers aim without a target figure. Good shooting results require an excellent body-eye coordination that allows the user to perform identical movements when drawing the bow. Our simulator provides a virtual archery experience and supports the user to learn and practice the motion sequence of traditional archery in a virtual environment. We use an infrared tracking system to capture the user’s movements in order to correct his movement. To provide a realistic haptic feedback a real bow is used as interaction device. Our system provides a believable user experience and supports the user to learn how to shoot in the traditional way. Following a user-centered iterative design approach we developed a number of prototypes and evaluated them for refinement in sequent iteration cycles. For illustration purposes we created a short video clip in our virtual studio about this project that presents the main ideas in an informative yet entertaining way. KW - vr archery KW - 3D interaction KW - interactive sport simulation KW - user experience KW - user-centered design KW - Lehre KW - VSVR KW - Virtual Reality Y1 - 2010 UR - https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/7385;jsessionid=149F7CDB1184309727393899BD806939 UR - http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-634/Entertainment-Interfaces-Proceedings03.pdf SP - 37 EP - 44 CY - Duisburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Vierjahn, Tom A1 - Wöldecke, Björn A1 - Geiger, Christian A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Improved Direction Signalization Technique Employing Vibrotactile Feedback T2 - 11th Virtual Reality International Conference, VRIC'2009 N2 - Vibrotactile feedback via body-worn vibrating belts is a common means of direction signalization - e.g. for navigational tasks. Consequently such feedback devices are used to guide blind or visually impaired people but can also be used to support other wayfinding tasks - for instance, guiding actors in virtual studio productions. Recent effort has been made to simplify this task by integrating vibrotactile feedback into virtual studio applications. In this work we evaluate the accuracy of an improved direction signalization technique, utilizing a body-worn vibrotactile belt with a limited number of tactors, and compare it to other work. The results from our user study indicate that it is possible to signalize different directions accurately, even with a small number of tactors spaced by 90°. KW - tactile feedback KW - direction signalization KW - wayfinding KW - human factors KW - FHD KW - VSVR Y1 - 2009 SN - 2-9515730-8-1 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wöldecke, Björn A1 - Vierjahn, Tom A1 - Flasko, Matthias A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Geiger, Christian T1 - Steering actors through a virtual set employing vibro-tactile feedback T2 - TEI '09 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction N2 - Actors in virtual studio productions are faced with the challenge that they have to interact with invisible virtual objects because these elements are rendered separately and combined with the real image later in the production process. Virtual sets typically use static virtual elements or animated objects with predefined behavior so that actors can practice their performance and errors can be corrected in the post production. With the demand for inexpensive live recording and interactive TV productions, virtual objects will be dynamically rendered at arbitrary positions that cannot be predicted by the actor. Perceptive aids have to be employed to support a natural interaction with these objects. In our work we study the effect of haptic feedback for a simple form of interaction. Actors are equipped with a custom built haptic belt and get vibrotactile feedback during a small navigational task (path following). We present a prototype of a wireless vibrotactile feedback device and a small framework for evaluating haptic feedback in a virtual set environment. Results from an initial pilot study indicate that vibrotactile feedback is a suitable non-visual aid for interaction that is at least comparable to audio-visual alternatives used in virtual set productions. KW - tactile feedback KW - interaction in virtual sets KW - navigation aids KW - FHD KW - VSVR KW - Virtual (TV) Studio Y1 - 2009 UR - https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1517703 SN - 978-1-60558-493-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/1517664.1517703 SP - 169 EP - 174 PB - ACM CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ryskeldiev, Bektur A1 - Cohen, Michael A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Applying rotational tracking and photospherical imagery to immersive mobile telepresence and live video streaming groupware T2 - Proceeding SA '17 SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics & Interactive Applications, Article No. 5 N2 - Mobile live video streaming is becoming an increasingly popular form of interaction both in social media and remote collaboration scenarios. However, in most cases the streamed video does not take mobile devices' spatial data into account (e.g., the viewers do not know the spatial orientation of a streamer), or use such data only in specific scenarios (e.g., to navigate around a spherical video stream). KW - spatial media KW - rotational tracking KW - mixed reality KW - live streaming KW - social media KW - telepresence KW - mobile computing KW - groupware KW - photospherical imagery Y1 - 2017 UR - https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3132787.3132813 SN - 978-1-4503-5410-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3132787.3132813 PB - ACM CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Sound Spatialization Framework: An Audio Toolkit for Virtual Environments JF - Journal of the 3D-Forum Society N2 - The Sound Spatialization Framework is a C++ toolkit and development environment for providing advanced sound spatialization for virtual reality and multimedia applications. The Sound Spatialization Framework provides many powerful display and user-interface features not found in other sound spatialization software packages. It provides facilities that go beyond simple sound source spatialization: visualization and editing of the soundscape, multiple sinks, clustering of sound sources, monitoring and controlling resource management, support for various spatialization backends, and classes for MIDI animation and handling. Keywords: sound spatialization, resource management, virtual environments, spatial sound authoring, user interface design, human-machine interfaces KW - sound spatialization KW - resource management KW - virtual environments KW - spatial sound authoring KW - user interface design KW - human-machine interfaces Y1 - 1998 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 17 EP - 22 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Daemen, Jeff A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Koch, Cornelius A1 - Ladwig, Philipp A1 - Wiche, Roman A1 - Wilgen, Kai T1 - Halbautomatische Steuerung von Kamera und Bildmischer bei Live-Übertragungen JF - Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen, Film und Elektronische Medien N2 - Live-Video-Broadcasting mit mehreren Kameras erfordert eine Vielzahl von Fachkenntnissen. Robotersysteme ermöglichen zwar die Automatisierung von gängigen und wiederholten Tracking-Aufnahmen, diese erlauben jedoch keine kurzfristigen Anpassungen aufgrund von unvorhersehbaren Ereignissen. In diesem Beitrag wird ein modulares, automatisiertes Kamerasteuerungs- und Bildschnitt-System eingeführt, das auf grundlegenden kinematografischen Regeln basiert. Die Positionen der Akteure werden durch ein markerloses Tracking-System bereitgestellt. Darüber hinaus werden Tonpegel der Lavaliermikrofone der Akteure zur Analyse der aktuellen Szene verwendet. Ein Expertensystem ermittelt geeignete Kamerawinkel und entscheidet, wann von einer Kamera auf eine andere umgeschaltet werden soll. Eine Testproduktion wurde durchgeführt, um den entwickelten Prototyp in einem Live-Broadcast-Szenario zu beobachten und diente als Videodemonstration für eine Evaluierung. KW - Halbautomatische Roboterkamerasteuerung KW - Verfolgen von Darstellern KW - Bildmischer KW - Szenenanalyse KW - Filmregeln KW - Automatische Bildauswahl KW - Virtual (TV) Studio Y1 - 2017 N1 - Der Artikel ist eine Übersetzung von dem Konferenzbeitrag "Semi-Automatic Camera and Switcher Control for Live Broadcast", International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video, TVX'2016, Chicago, IL, USA, ACM, DOI=10.1145/2932206.2933559, June 22-24, 2016. IS - 11 SP - 501 EP - 505 PB - Schiele & Schön ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paul, Felix A1 - Herder, Jens ED - Herder, Jens ED - Geiger, Christian ED - Dörner, Ralf ED - Grimm, Paul T1 - A model-based filtering approach for real-time human motion data T2 - Workshop Proceedings / Tagungsband: Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität – 15. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR N2 - Acquiring human motion data from video images plays an important role in the field of computer vision. Ground truth tracking systems require markers to create high quality motion data. But in many applications it is desired to work without markers. In recent years affordable hardware for markerless tracking systems was made available at a consumer level. Efficient depth camera systems based on Time-of-Flight sensors and structured light systems have made it possible to record motion data in real time. However, the gap between the quality of marker-based and markerless systems is high. The error sources of a markerless motion tracking pipeline are discussed and a model-based filter is proposed, which adapts depending on spatial location. The proposed method is then proven to be more robust and accurate than the unfiltered data stream and can be used to visually enhance the presence of an actor within a virtual environment in live broadcast productions. KW - Virtual (TV) Studio Y1 - 2018 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/gi-vrar2018-filter/ SN - 978-3-8440-6215-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844062151 SP - 37 EP - 44 PB - Shaker Verlag CY - Herzogenrath ER -