TY - GEN A1 - Vierjahn, Thomas T1 - Verbesserte kamerabasierte Bilderkennung für interaktive Installationen und Spiele N2 - Für moderne interaktive Anwendungen wird es immer wichtiger, einen Benutzer durch zusätzlichen Ballast so wenig wie möglich einzuschränken. Daher bietet sich eine kamerabasierte Interaktionserkennung an. Viele existierende Verfahren benötigen dazu aber einen weitestgehend statischen Hintergrund. In der gegebenen Anwendung allerdings befindet sich im Sichtbereich der Kameras eine Projektion bewegter Inhalte, mit denen ein Benutzer interagieren kann. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit sollte ein bestehendes, auf Infrarotlicht basierendes System verbessert werden, das sich bisher als beleuchtungsabhängig erwiesen hat. Dazu wurden zunächst mehrere Verfahren zur Trennung von Vorder- und Hintergrund auf ihre Tauglichkeit untersucht. Das favorisierte Verfahren sollte anschließend durch stereoskopische Bildaufnahme - und damit tiefenbasierte Trennung - so verbessert werden, dass der bewegte Hintergrund sicher unterdrückt wird. Dies erwies sich für die gewünschten Anwendungen zwar als nicht praktikabel, dennoch wurden mögliche andere Anwendungsbereiche gefunden. Auch die Untersuchung der einzelnen Trennungsverfahren lieferte ein Ergebnis, das - mit weiteren Tests - zur Verbesserung der bestehenden Installation beitragen kann. N2 - Modern interactive environments are tending to not impose any restrictions by additional encumbrance on the user. Therefore it seems reasonable to utilize computer vision for detecting interactions. There are many techniques available to segment an image into fore- and background, but most of them require the scene to be static. In contrast this work applies to installations where an interactive projection is in the field of vision of a camera. Within the bounds of this work an existing technique utilizing infra-red light, which has been shown to be illumination-variant, was to be improved. First several techniques for foreground-background-segmentation were checked for suitability. The most appropriate was to be refined by adding depth segmentation to suppress the animated background utilizing stereo-vision. This turned out to be impractical for the given installations, but more practicable ones were found. In addition to this even the favoured segmentationtechnique may provide an improvement on the existing one. T2 - Improved camera-based recognition-techniques for interactive enviroments and games KW - computervision KW - shader KW - Stereobildverarbeitung KW - optische Erkennung KW - computervision KW - shader KW - stereo-vision KW - optical recognition KW - Background separation KW - FHD KW - Diplomarbeit KW - M Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-3777 CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - GEN A1 - Juttner, Carsten T1 - Echtzeit-Verfahren zur Beleuchtung einer computergenerierten 3D-Szene mit Videotexturen N2 - Der Autor stellt eine Methode vor, um einer computergenerierten Szene auf neue Art und Weise zusätzlichen Realismus zu verleihen. Er tut dies unter Erweiterung des traditionellen festen Shadingmodells durch Bildsequenzen (nachfolgend Videotextur genannt), welche die Oberflächen anderer Objekte innerhalb einer Szene in Echtzeit beleuchten. Im Rahmen der Diplomarbeit wurde eine Beispielanwendung erstellt, in der eine vorbeiziehende Landschaft (Videotextur) auf den Innenraum eines computergenerierten Zuges (3D-Polygon-Geometrie) einen Beleuchtungseinfluß ausübt. Diese Integration von real gefilmtem Material und computergenerierten Bildern ist eine übliche Vorgehensweise bei Spezialeffekten für Film und Fernsehen, aber erst seit kurzem bietet die durchschnittliche PC-Grafikhardware entsprechende Möglichkeiten unter Echtzeitbedingungen an. Um dieses Vorhaben umzusetzen wird umfangreicher Gebrauch der OpenGL Shader- Hochsprache gemacht, durch die ein Shaderentwickler in der Lage ist, mit einem C-ähnlichen Programm die Pixelberechnungsfunktionalität der Grafikkarte seinen W ünschen entsprechend anzupassen. N2 - The author presents a novel approach to add an additional degree of realism to a computer generated scene by using a sequence of images (called video texture) to light up other objects in real time. He does this by enhancing the traditional fixed shading model using the video textures as part of the light properties. An exemplary application showcases this approach by using a filmed landscape (video texture) which affects the lighting of the interior of a computer generated train (3D polygonal geometry). Combining filmed material and computer generated images has long been standard practice in special effects departments but it was not until recently that the average graphics hardware is becoming capable to produce these effects in realtime. To accomplish the given task the author makes extensive use of the OpenGL high-level shader language (GLSL) which lets the shader developer write C-like programs to alter the behaviour of the graphics card's pixel computing functionality which previously was fixed to only a limited set of operations. T2 - Method for lighting a computer generated 3D scene in real time using video textures KW - Shadersprache KW - Echtzeit KW - Videotexturen KW - Visualisierung KW - Grafikprozessor KW - shading language KW - real time KW - video textures KW - visualisation KW - graphics processor unit KW - FHD KW - Diplomarbeit Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-1633 CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Cooperative Tools for Teaching : an Impact of a Network Environment T2 - Annual Report of the Information Systems and Technology Center, University of Aizu, October 1997 N2 - Education at the University of Aizu is focussed upon computer science. Besides being the subject matter of many courses, however, the computer also plays a vital role in the educational process itself, both in the distribution of instructional media, and in providing students with valuable practical experience. All students have unlimited access (24-hours-a-day) to individual networked workstations, most of which are multimedia-capable (even video capture is possible in two exercise rooms). Without software and content tailored for computer-aided instruction, the hardware becomes an expensive decoration. In any case, there is a need to better educate the instructors and students in the use of the equipment. In the interest of facilitating effective, collaborative use of network-based computers in teaching, this article explores the impact that a network environment can have on such activities. First, as a general overview, and to examine the motivation for the use of a network environment in teaching, this article reviews a range of different styles of collaboration. Then the article shows what kind of tools are available for use, within the context of what has come to be called Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). KW - CAI KW - CAT KW - computer education KW - collaborative work KW - CSCW KW - groupware KW - FHD Y1 - 1997 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-827 SP - 3 EP - 8 CY - Aizu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Sound Spatialization Framework: An Audio Toolkit for Virtual Environments T2 - First International Conference on Human and Computer, Aizu-Wakamatsu, September 1998 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. KW - sound spatialization KW - resource management KW - virtual environments KW - spatial sound authoring KW - user interface design KW - human-machine interfaces Y1 - 1998 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-788 CY - Aizu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Tools and widgets for spatial sound authoring T2 - CompuGraphics ' 97, Sixth International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techniques: Graphics in the Internet Age, Vilamoura, Portugal N2 - Broader use of virtual reality environments and sophisticated animations spawn a need for spatial sound. Until now, spatial sound design has been based very much on experience and trial and error. Most effects are hand-crafted, because good design tools for spatial sound do not exist. This paper discusses spatial sound authoring and its applications, including shared virtual reality environments based on VRML. New utilities introduced by this research are an inspector for sound sources, an interactive resource manager, and a visual soundscape manipulator. The tools are part of a sound spatialization framework and allow a designer/author of multimedia content to monitor and debug sound events. Resource constraints like limited sound spatialization channels can also be simulated. KW - spatial sound KW - virtual reality environments KW - multimedia KW - spatialization KW - spatial media KW - vizualization KW - user interface design KW - man-machine interfaces Y1 - 1997 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-896 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/cg97-tawfssa/welcome.html SN - 972-8342-02-0 N1 - Zugriff auf die Konferenzveröffentlichung über den angegebene URL conference paper available via URL SP - 87 EP - 95 CY - Portugal 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 - Ryskeldiev, Bektur A1 - Ochiai, Yoichi A1 - Cohen, Michael A1 - Herder, Jens T1 - Distributed Metaverse: Creating Decentralized Blockchain-based Model for Peer-to-peer Sharing of Virtual Spaces for Mixed Reality Applications T2 - Proceedings of the 9th Augmented Human International Conference N2 - Mixed reality telepresence is becoming an increasingly popular form of interaction in social and collaborative applications. We are interested in how created virtual spaces can be archived, mapped, shared, and reused among different applications. Therefore, we propose a decentralized blockchain-based peer-to-peer model of distribution, with virtual spaces represented as blocks. We demonstrate the integration of our system in a collaborative mixed reality application and discuss the benefits and limitations of our approach. KW - Blockchain KW - Groupware KW - Mixed Reality KW - Mobile Computing KW - Photospherical Imagery Y1 - 2018 UR - http://vsvr.medien.hs-duesseldorf.de/publications/ah2018-blockchain-streamspace-abstract.html SN - 978-1-4503-5415-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3174910.3174952 SP - 7 EP - 9 PB - ACM ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ladwig, Philipp A1 - Pech, Alexander A1 - Dorner, Ralf A1 - Geiger, Christian T1 - Unmasking Communication Partners: A Low-Cost AI Solution for Digitally Removing Head-Mounted Displays in VR-Based Telepresence T2 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), Utrecht, 14.12.2020 - 18.12.2020 KW - Mirevi Y1 - 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR50618.2020.00025 SN - 978-1-7281-7463-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR50618.2020.00025 SP - 82 EP - 90 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Triebus, Charlotte A1 - Druzetic, Ivana A1 - Dewitz, Bastian A1 - Huhn, Calvin A1 - Kretschel, Paul A1 - Geiger, Christian ED - Wimmer, Raphael ED - Kaltenbrunner, Martin ED - Murer, Martin ED - Wolf, Katrin ED - Oakley, Ian T1 - is a rose – A Performative Installation between the Tangible and the Digital T2 - Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction KW - Mirevi Y1 - 2021 UR - https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3430524 SN - 9781450382137 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3444640 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - ACM CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ladwig, Philipp A1 - Evers, Kester A1 - Jansen, Eric J. A1 - Fischer, Ben A1 - Nowottnik, David A1 - Geiger, Christian T1 - MotionHub: Middleware for Unification of Multiple Body Tracking Systems T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing: MOCO '20: 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, Jersey City, 15.07.2020-17.07.2020 Y1 - 2020 UR - https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3401956 SN - 9781450375054 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3401956.3404185 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - ACM CY - New York ER -