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HYPERPRESENCE - AN APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTROL OF MULTI-USER AGENTS IN MIXED REALITY SPACES

Authors:

Douglas Tavares,

Aquiles Burlamaqui,

Anfranserai Dias,

Meika Monteiro,

Viviane Antunes,

Tatiana Tavares,

Luiz Gonçalves,

Adelardo MedeirosAuthors Info & Claims

ANSS '03: Proceedings of the 36th annual symposium on Simulation

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Published: 30 March 2003 Publication History

Abstract

The HYPERPRESENCE system proposed in this work is amix between hardware and software platforms developedfor control of multi-user agents in a mixed realityenvironment. The hardware basically composed by robotsystems that manipulate objects and move in a closed, realenvironment and a video camera, imaging system. Theenvironment can be any place that provides or needsinteraction with virtual environments for showing resultsor else to allow manipulation on it via a virtual realityinterface. The software part is composed by three mainsystems: an acquiring module for position control, a tower(hardware) communication module for manipulating therobots and a multi user VRML server for managing virtualspaces and to provide synchronism between the real placesand the virtual ones. In this article we present the designand implementation solution adopted for theHYPERPRESENCE architecture. We analyze problemswith communication protocols, precision on positioning,how to relate physical and virtual objetcs and how oursolution for these problems.

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Cited By

Thomas B(2012)A survey of visual, mixed, and augmented reality gamingComputers in Entertainment10.1145/2381876.238187910:1(1-33)Online publication date: 6-Dec-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2381876.2381879
Burlamaqui AAzevedo SDantas RSchneider CXavier JMelo JGonçalves LFilho GDe Oliveira J(2009)The H-N2N frameworkMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-009-0305-945:1-3(215-245)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-009-0305-9

Index Terms

HYPERPRESENCE - AN APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTROL OF MULTI-USER AGENTS IN MIXED REALITY SPACES
1. Hardware
  1. Electronic design automation
    1. Hardware description languages and compilation
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. History of computing
      1. History of hardware

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ANSS '03: Proceedings of the 36th annual symposium on Simulation

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Thomas B(2012)A survey of visual, mixed, and augmented reality gamingComputers in Entertainment10.1145/2381876.238187910:1(1-33)Online publication date: 6-Dec-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2381876.2381879
Burlamaqui AAzevedo SDantas RSchneider CXavier JMelo JGonçalves LFilho GDe Oliveira J(2009)The H-N2N frameworkMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-009-0305-945:1-3(215-245)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-009-0305-9

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