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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°.
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.
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.
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
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.
This paper presents a tracking of parts of a human body in a virtual TV studio environment. The tracking is based on a depth camera and a HD studio camera and aims at a realistic interaction between the actor and the computer generated environment. Stereo calibration methods are used to match corresponding pixels of both cameras (HD color and depth image). Hence the images were rectified and column aligned. The disparity is used to correct the depth image pixel by pixel. This image registration results in row and column aligned images where ghost regions are in the depth image resulting from occlusion. Both images are used to generate foreground masks with chroma and depth keying. The color image is taken for skin color segmentation to determine and distinguish the actor’s hands and face. In the depth image the flesh colored regions were used to determine their spatial position. The extracted positions were augmented by virtual objects. The scene is rendered correctly with virtual camera parameters which were calculated from the camera calibration parameters. Generated computer graphics with alpha value are combined with the HD color images. This compositing shows interaction with augmented objects for verification. The additional depth information results in changing the size of objects next to the hands when the actor moves around.
In this paper we introduce a system for tracking persons walking or standing on a large planar surface and for using the acquired data to easily configure position based interactions for virtual studio productions. The tracking component of the system, radarTRACK, is based on a laser scanner device capable of delivering interaction points on a large configurable plane. By using the device on the floor it is possible to use the delivered data to detect feet positions and derive the position and orientation of one or more users in real time. The second component of the system, named OscCalibrator, allows for the easy creation of multidimensional linear mappings between input and output parameters and the routing of OSC messages within a single modular design environment. We demonstrate the use of our system to flexibly create position-based interactions in a virtual studio environment.
This paper presents an approach to integrate non-visual user feedback in today's virtual tv studio productions. Since recent studies showed that systems providing vibro-tactile feedback are not sufficient for replacing the common visual feedback, we developed an audio-based solution using an in ear headphone system, enabling a talent to move, avoid and point to virtual objects in a blue or green box. The system consists of an optical head tracking system, a wireless in ear monitor system and a workstation, which performs all application and audio processing. Using head related transfer functions, the talent gets directional and distance cues. Past research showed, that generating reflections of the sounds and simulating the acoustics of the virtual room helps the listener to conceive the acoustical feedback, we included this technique as well. In a user study with 15 participants the performance of the system was evaluated.
The late immersion of multi-touch sensitive displays enables the use of tangibles on multi-touch screens. There a several wide spread and/or sophisticated solutions to fulfill this need but they seem to have some flaws. One popular system at the time of writing is an overlay frame that can be placed on a normal display with the corresponding size. The frame creates a grid with infrared light emitting diodes. The disruption of this grid can be detected and messages with the positions are sent via usb to a connected computer. This system is quite robust in matters of ambient light insensitivity and also fast to calibrate. Unfortunately it is not created with the recognition of tangibles in mind and printed patterns can not be resolved. This article summarizes an attempt to create fiducials that are recognized by an infrared multi-touch frame as fingers. Those false fingers are checked by a software for known patterns. Once a known pattern (= fiducial) has been recognized its position and orientation are send with the finger positions towards the interactive software. The usability is tested with an example application where tangibles and finger touches are used in combination.
Markerless talent tracking is widely used for interactions and animations within virtual environments. In a virtual (tv) studio talents could be overburden by interaction tasks because camera and text require extensive attention. We take a look into animations and inter- actions within a studio, which do not require any special attention or learning. We show the generation of an artificial shadow from a talent, which ease the keying process, where separation of real shadows from the background is a difficult task. We also demonstrate animations of footsteps and dust. Furthermore, capturing talents’ height can also be used to adjust the parameters of elements in the virtual environment, like the position and scaling of a virtual display. In addition to the talents, a rigid body was tracked as placeholder for graphics, easing the interaction tasks for a talent. Two test productions show the possibilities, which subtle animations offer. In the second production, the rendering was improved (shadows, filtering, normal maps, ...) and instead of using the rigid body to move an object (a flag), the animation was only controlled by the hand’s position.
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.
More than three decades of ongoing research in immersive modelling has revealed many advantages of creating objects in virtual environments. Even though there are many benefits, the potential of immersive modelling has only been partly exploited due to unresolved problems such as ergonomic problems, numerous challenges with user interaction and the inability to perform exact, fast and progressive refinements. This paper explores past research, shows alternative approaches and proposes novel interaction tools for pending problems. An immersive modelling application for polygon meshes is created from scratch and tested by professional users of desktop modelling tools, such as Autodesk Maya, in order to assess the efficiency, comfort and speed of the proposed application with direct comparison to professional desktop modelling tools.
In order to improve the interactivity between users and computers, recent technologies focus on incorporating gesture recognition into interactive systems. The aim of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of using a Myo control armband and the Kinect 2 for recognition of gestures in order to interact with virtual objects in a weather report scenario. The Myo armband has an inertial measurement unit and is able to read electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles, which can be recognized as gestures, which are trained by machine learning. A Kinect sensor was used to build up a dataset which contains motion recordings of 8 different gestures and was also build up by a gesture training machine learning algorithm. Both input methods, the Kinect 2 and the Myo armband, were evaluated with the same interaction patterns in a user study, which allows a direct comparison and reveals benefits and limits of each technique.
Live video broadcasting requires a multitude of professional expertise to enable multi-camera productions. Robotic systems allow the automation of common and repeated tracking shots. However, predefined camera shots do not allow quick adjustments when required due to unpredictable events. We introduce a modular automated robotic camera control and video switch system, based on fundamental cinematographic rules. The actors' positions are provided by a markerless tracking system. In addition, sound levels of actors' lavalier microphones are used to analyse the current scene. An expert system determines appropriate camera angles and decides when to switch from one camera to another. A test production was conducted to observe the developed prototype in a live broadcast scenario and served as a video-demonstration for an evaluation.
Der fünfzehnte Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität" der Fachgruppe VR/AR der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. wurde an der Hochschule Düsseldorf vom 10.-11.10.2018 durchgeführt. Als etablierte Plattform für den Informations- und Ideenaustausch der deutschsprachigen VR/AR-Szene bot der Workshop den idealen Rahmen, aktuelle Ergebnisse und Vorhaben aus Forschung und Entwicklung – auch provokative Ideen – im Kreise eines fachkundigen Publikums zur Diskussion zu stellen. Insbesondere wurde auch jungen Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit gegeben, ihre Arbeiten zu präsentieren; darunter fielen laufende Promotionsvorhaben oder auch herausragende studentische Arbeiten von Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen. Das Programmkomitee hat 12 Lang- und 6 Kurzbeiträge aus über 29 Gesamteinreichungen ausgewählt. Die Beiträge decken das Spektrum der Virtuellen und Erweiterten Realität ab. Der Workshop fand am 10. Oktober gleichzeitig mit dem Innovationstag des Innovationshubs in Düsseldorf statt. Für einen Beitrag eigneten sich alle Themenfelder der "Virtuellen und Erweiterten Realität", insbesondere:
3D Eingabegeräte und Interaktionstechniken
Avatare und Agenten
Displaytechnologien und Tracking
(Echtzeit-)Rendering
Education und Edutainment
Entertainment und Experiences
Gesellschaft und soziotechnische Aspekte
Human Factors
Industrielle Einsatzszenarien
Innovative Anwendungen
Künstlerische Anwendungen
Modellierung und Simulation
Multimodale Interaktion
Systemarchitekturen und Intelligente Umgebungen
Verteilte und kooperative VR/AR-Umgebungen
Augmented reality for supporting manual non-destructive ultrasonic testing of metal pipes and plates
(2018)
We describe an application of augmented reality technology for non-destructive testing of products in the metal-industry. The prototype is created with hard- and software, that is usually employed in the gaming industry, and delivers positions for creating ultra- sonic material scans (C-scans). Using a stereo camera in combination with an hmd enables realtime visualisation of the probes path, as well as the setting of virtual markers on the specimen. As a part of the implementation the downhill simplex optimization algorithm is implemented to fit the specimen to a cloud of recorded surface points. The accuracy is statistically tested and evaluated with the result, that the tracking system is accurate up to ca. 1-2 millimeters in well set-up conditions. This paper is of interest not only for research institutes of the metal-industry, but also for any areas of work, in which the enhancement with augmented reality is possible and a precise tracking is necessary.
Live video streaming is becoming increasingly popular as a form of interaction in social applications. One of its main advantages is an ability to immediately create and connect a community of remote users on the spot. In this paper we discuss how this feature can be used for crowdsourced completion of simple visual search tasks (such as finding specific objects in libraries and stores, or navigating around live events) and social interactions through mobile mixed reality telepresence interfaces. We present a prototype application that allows users to create a mixed reality space with a photospherical imagery as a background and interact with other connected users through viewpoint, audio, and video sharing, as well as realtime annotations in mixed reality space. Believing in the novelty of our system, we conducted a short series of interviews with industry professionals on the possible applications of our system. We discuss proposed use-cases for user evaluation, as well as outline future extensions of our system.
Die im Laufe des Jahres veröffentlichten Passwörter auf der Plattform "Have I been pwnd" zeigen deutlich, dass Nutzer aufgrund von besserer Merkbarkeit schwache Passwörter wählen. Dies hat zur Folge, dass die sensiblen Daten der Nutzer nur unzureichend geschützt sind. Aus diesem Grund gewinnt das Themengebiet der IT-Sicherheit zunehmend an Bedeutung. Passwortmanager stellen für dieses Szenario eine mögliche Lösung dar.
Der im Rahmen dieser Masterthesis entwickelte Passwortmanager "Safeword" ermöglicht, sensitive Daten, die mittels adäquaten kryptografischen Verfahren geschützt werden, zentral an einer Stelle abzulegen und sukzessive unsichere Passwörter durch starke zufällige Passwörter zu ersetzen. Der Nutzer muss sich nur ein starkes Hauptkennwort merken, mit dem er sich bei dem Passwortmanager authentisiert und anschließend die gespeicherten Passwörter abrufen kann. Der Passwortmanager bietet zahlreiche Funktionen, die die Nutzung der Anwendung erleichtern, wie die simple und moderne Oberfläche, einen Passwort-Generator, der kryptografisch sichere Zufallspasswörter erstellt, oder Funktionen zur besseren Handhabung von Passwörtern, beispielsweise Label oder Notizen.
Safeword basiert auf einer modularen und erweiterbaren Architektur, die auf Code-Sharing setzt. Das Code-Sharing vereinfacht die Wartung der Anwendung und ermöglicht bei Schwachstellen eine schnellere Behebung. Die Ergebnisse aus dem Vergleich existierender Passwortmanager flossen direkt in die Entwicklung von Safeword ein, sodass aus Fehlern anderer Mitbewerber gelernt werden konnte. Um den Beitrag zur Open-Source-Welt sicherzustellen, wird Safeword unter der GPLv3-Lizenz bereitgestellt, sodass auch in Zukunft viele Nutzer von dem Passwortmanager profitieren können.
Voraussetzung für den Produktiveinsatz von Safeword ist die Entwicklung noch fehlender Funktionen und die Prüfung des Quelltexts nach aktuellen Standards der IT-Sicherheit.
The article discusses the question of “How to convey the experience in a virtual environment to third parties?” and explains the different technical implementations which can be used for live streaming and recording of a mixed reality experience. The real-world applications of our approach include education, entertainment, e- sports, tutorials, and cinematic trailers, which can benefit from our research by finding a suitable solution for their needs. We explain and outline our Mixed Reality systems as well as discuss the experience of recorded demonstrations of different VR applications, including the need for calibrated camera lens parameters based on realtime encoder values.
Das Projekt „Programmiere Dich fit: Koslar“ geht aus der Idee von Herrn Prof. Lux, Lehrender an der Hochschule Düsseldorf, hervor. Er hat bereits in einer unterrichtsähnlichen Form mit Kindern in programmiertechnischer Richtung gearbeitet und möchte diese Arbeit gerne um eine Projektarbeit an der Hochschule Düsseldorf ergänzen.
Der Kern des Projektes zielt dabei auf die Vermittlung von Programmierkenntnissen an Kinder im Alter zwischen 6 und 10 Jahren ab. Zwar soll das Programmieren an erster Stelle stehen, aber insbesondere für eine kindergerechte Vermittlung sollen körperliche Aktivitäten und Bewegungen berücksichtigt werden. In diesem Sinne erfolgt eine Verbindung der beiden zuvor genannten Themenfelder in einer Projektarbeit, die aktiv mit Schülerinnen und Schülern einer Grundschule durchgeführt werden soll. Um den sportlichen Aspekt besser bewerten und betreuen zu können, wird die Ausführung in Zusammenarbeit mit Herr Schmitz als Geschäftsführer des Kreissportbund Düren (KSB Düren e.V.) ablaufen. Herr Schmitz wird in dieser Projektarbeit von Herrn Sebastian Lieberth, der für den Bereich des betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement im KSB Düren zuständig ist, unterstützt.
Herr Lux arbeitet an der Hochschule Düsseldorf mit Herrn Prof. Michels aus dem Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften zusammen, um in Bezug auf die kindergerechte Vermittlung einen Vertreter zu haben. Zur Abrundung der Fachkenntnisse nehmen zusätzlich zwei Studentinnen der Hochschule Düsseldorf am Projekt teil. Unterstützung finden beide Professoren durch jeweils einen Studierenden Ihrer Themengebiete. Herr Prof. Michels wird von Frau Preissegger aus dem Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften unterstützt. Frau Preissegger befindet sich im sechsten Semester und möchte auf dieses Projekt aufbauend ihre Thesis im Wintersemester schreiben. Herr Prof. Lux erhält Unterstützung durch Frau Gramsch aus dem Fachbereich Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik. Sie befindet sich ebenfalls im sechsten Semester und führt dieses Projekt im Rahmen eines Wahlfaches durch.