TY - THES A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - A Sound Spatialization Resource Management Framework N2 - In a virtual reality environment, users are immersed in a scene with objects which might produce sound. The responsibility of a VR environment is to present these objects, but a practical system has only limited resources, including spatialization channels (mixels), MIDI/audio channels, and processing power. A sound spatialization resource manager, introduced in this thesis, controls sound resources and optimizes fidelity (presence) under given conditions, using a priority scheme based on psychoacoustics. Objects which are spatially close together can be coalesced by a novel clustering algorithm, which considers listener localization errors. Application programmers and VR scene designers are freed from the burden of assigning mixels and predicting sound source locations. The framework includes an abstract interface for sound spatialization backends, an API for the VR environments, and multimedia authoring tools. KW - audio rendering KW - human perception KW - Resource Management KW - Sound Spatialization Y1 - 1999 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/phd99-abstract.html PB - University of Tsukuba CY - Tsukuba ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hesse, Jan A1 - König, Rainer A1 - Logi, Filippo A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - A Prototype of an Interface Builder for the Common Lisp Interface Manager - CLIB JF - ACM Sigplan Notices N2 - The Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) is used to develop graphical user interfaces for Lisp-basedapplications. With the prototype of the CLIM interface Builder (CLIB) the programmer can generate code for CLIM interactively. The developing process will be fast and less prone to errors. With this new tool, the interactive rapid prototyping reduces costs of a specification phase. Here we present the concept and first results of the prototype of CLIB. Y1 - 1993 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/163114.163116 VL - 28 IS - 8 SP - 19 EP - 28 PB - Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Technical Expert Systems and Robotics 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 - TY - CHAP A1 - Vermeegen, Kai A1 - Herder, Jens ED - Herder, Jens ED - Geiger, Christian ED - Dörner, Ralf ED - Grimm, Paul T1 - A Lighthouse-based Camera Tracking System for Professional Virtual Studios T2 - Workshop Proceedings / Tagungsband: Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität – 15. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR N2 - This article describes the possibilities and problems that occur using the SteamVR tracking 2.0 system as a camera tracking system in a virtual studio and explains an approach for implementation and calibration within a professional studio environment. The tracking system allows for cost effective deployment. Relevant application fields are also mixed reality recording and streaming of AR and VR experiences. KW - Camera Tracking KW - SteamVR KW - HMD KW - Virtual (TV) Studio KW - Augmented Virtuality Y1 - 2018 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/gi-vrar2018-lighthouse-vs/ SN - 978-3-8440-6215-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844062151 N1 - Zugriff auf den Titel über die angegebene URL. Publication access via URL. SP - 19 EP - 26 PB - Shaker Verlag CY - Herzogenrath ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Martens, William L. A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Shiba, Yoshiki T1 - A filtering model for efficient rendering of the spatial image of an occluded virtual sound source T2 - 137th Regular Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association N2 - Rendering realistic spatial sound imagery for complex virtual environments must take into account the effects of obstructions such as reflectors and occluders. It is relatively well understood how to calculate the acoustical consequence that would be observed at a given observation point when an acoustically opaque object occludes a sound source. But the interference patterns generated by occluders of various geometries and orientations relative to the virtual source and receiver are computationally intense if accurate results are required. In many applications, however, it is sufficient to create a spatial image that is recognizable by the human listener as the sound of an occluded source. In the interest of improving audio rendering efficiency, a simplified filtering model was developed and its audio output submitted to psychophysical evaluation. Two perceptually salient components of occluder acoustics were identified that could be directly related to the geometry and orientation of a simple occluder. Actual occluder impulse responses measured in an anechoic chamber resembled the responses of a model incorporating only a variable duration delay line and a low-pass filter with variable cutoff frequenc KW - audio rendering KW - first-order reflection KW - human perception KW - occluder Y1 - 1999 PB - Acoustical Society of America, European Acoustics Association CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Novotny, Tom A1 - Jaensch, Kai A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - A Database Driven and Virtual Reality supported Environment for Marketing Studies JF - Journal of the 3D-Forum Society N2 - In today’s market research mechanisms multi modal technologies are significant tools to perform flexible and price efficient studies for not only consumer products but also consumer goods. Current appraisal mechanisms in combination with applied computer graphics can improve the assessment of a product’s launch in the very early design phase or an innovation process. The combination of online questionnaires, Virtual Reality (VR) applications and a database management system offers a powerful tool to let a consumer judge products as well as innovated goods even without having produced a single article. In this paper we present an approach of consumer good studies consisting of common as well as interactive VR product presentations and online questionnaires bases on a bidirectional database management solution to configure and manage numerous studies, virtual sets, goods and participants in an effective way to support the estimation of the received data. Non-programmers can create their test environment including a VR scenario very quickly without any effort. Within the extensive knowledge of consumer goods, marketing instruments can be defined to shorten and improve the rollout process in the early product stages. KW - virtual environments KW - databases KW - marketing studies KW - FHD KW - VSVR Y1 - 2005 VL - 19 IS - 4 SP - 95 EP - 101 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Yamazaki, Yasuhiro T1 - A Chatspace Deploying Spatial Audio for Enhanced Conferencing JF - Journal of the 3D-Forum Society KW - VSVR Y1 - 2000 VL - 15 IS - 1 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Yamazaki, Yasuhiro T1 - A Chatspace Deploying Spatial Audio for Enhanced Conferencing T2 - Third International Conference on Human and Computer KW - VSVR Y1 - 2000 SP - 197 EP - 202 PB - University of Aizu CY - Aizu-Wakamatsu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Baranowski, Artur A1 - Utzig, Sebastian A1 - Fischer, Philipp A1 - Gerndt, Andreas A1 - Herder, Jens ED - Herder, Jens ED - Geiger, Christian ED - Dörner, Ralf ED - Grimm, Paul T1 - 3D spacecraft configuration using immersive AR technology T2 - Workshop Proceedings / Tagungsband: Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität – 15. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR N2 - In this paper we propose an integrated immersive augmented reality solution for a software tool supporting spacecraft design and verification. The spacecraft design process relies on expertise in many domains, such as thermal and structural engineering. The various subsystems of a spacecraft are highly interdependent and have differing requirements and constraints. In this context, interactive visualizations play an important role in making expert knowledge accessible. Recent immersive display technologies offer new ways of presenting and interacting with computer-generated content. Possibilities and challenges for spacecraft configuration employing these technologies are explored and discussed. A user interface design for an application using the Microsoft HoloLens is proposed. To this end, techniques for selecting a spacecraft component and manipulating its position and orientation in 3D space are developed and evaluated. Thus, advantages and limitations of this approach to spacecraft configuration are revealed and discussed. KW - spacecraft configuration KW - human computer interaction KW - augmented reality KW - 3D user interfaces KW - HoloLens Y1 - 2018 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/gi-vrar2018-ar-space/ SN - 978-3-8440-6215-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844062151 SP - 71 EP - 82 PB - Shaker Verlag CY - Herzogenrath ER -