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Applications and a three-dimensional desktop environment for an immersive virtual reality system

Year: 2013

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We developed an application launcher called Multiverse for scientific visualizations in a CAVE-type virtual reality (VR) system. Multiverse can be regarded as a type of three-dimensional (3D) desktop environment. In Multiverse, a user in a CAVE room can browse multiple visualization applications with 3D icons and explore movies that float in the air. Touching one of the movies causes "teleportation" into the application's VR space. After analyzing the simulation data using the application, the user can jump back into Multiverse's VR desktop environment in the CAVE.

Source: Journal of Physics Conference Series

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/454/1/012077

Authors: Akira Kageyama, Youhei Masada

Institution: Kobe University

Language: English

Topic: Interactive and Immersive Displays

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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