Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems

by Zha, Hongbin; Pan, Zhigeng; Thwaites, Hal; Addison, Alonzo C.; Forte, Maurizio

• ISBN13: 9783540463047
• ISBN10: 3540463046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-14
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems, VSMM 2006, held in Xi'an, China in October 2006.The 59 revised full papers presented together with one keynote paper were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 180 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on virtual reality and computer graphics, vision and image technology, geometry processing, collaborative systems and GIS-related, digital heritage and healthcare, sensing and robotics, as well as arts and gaming.

Table of Contents

A novel parameter learning method of virtual garment	p. 1
Augmented reality as perceptual reality	p. 7
A multimodal reference resolution approach in virtual environment	p. 11
SC : prototypes for interactive architecture	p. 21
Model-based design of virtual environment behavior	p. 29
Beh-VR : modeling behavior of dynamic virtual reality contents	p. 40
N'Files - a space to react. Communication between architecture and its users	p. 52
IPML : extending SMIL for distributed multimedia presentations	p. 60
The use of multi-sensory feedback to improve the usability of a virtual assembly environment	p. 71
GPU-based soft shadow rendering using non-linear pre-computed radiance transfer approximation	p. 81
Predictive occlusion culling for interactive rendering of large complex virtual scene	p. 93
A study on perception and operation using free form projection display	p. 103
A service-oriented architecture for progressive delivery and adaptive rendering of 3D content	p. 110
Embedding image watermarks into local linear singularity coefficients in ridgelet domain	p. 119
Rotated haar-like features for face detection with in-plane rotation	p. 128
Contour grouping : focusing on image patches around edges	p. 138
Synthetic stereoscopic panoramic images	p. 147
Building a sparse kernel classifier on Riemannian manifold	p. 156
Three-dimension maximum between-cluster variance image segmentation method based on chaotic optimization	p. 164
A multi-sensor image registration method based on Harris corner matching	p. 174
Graph based energy for active object removal	p. 184
Object-based image recoloring using alpha matte and color histogram specification	p. 194
Reconstructing symmetric curved surfaces from a single image and its application	p. 204
Constructing 3D surface from planar contours with grid adjustment analysis	p. 214
Geometric modeling for interpolation surfaces based on blended coordinate system	p. 222
Orthogonal least square RBF based implicit surface reconstruction methods	p. 232
An interpolatory subdivision scheme for triangular meshes and progressive transmission	p. 242
Geometric hermite curves based on different objective functions	p. 253
Aligning 3D polygonal models with improved PCA	p. 263
A crowd evacuation system in emergency situation based on dynamics model	p. 269
Come closer : encouraging collaborative behaviour in a multimedia environment	p. 281
The component based factory automation control in the Internet environment	p. 290
Database, communication and creation - a research on cultural heritage-based educational models	p. 300
An adaptive reliable QoS for resource errors running on ubiquitous computing environments	p. 308
Learner's tailoring E-learning system on the item revision difficulty using PetriNet	p. 318
A time-controlling terrain rendering algorithm	p. 328
Developing and analyzing geographical content display system by using RFID	p. 338
Determination of ancient manufacturing techniques of ceramics by 3D shape estimation	p. 349
CG restoration of a historical Noh stage and its use for edutainment	p. 358
Surveying and mapping caves by using 3D digital technologies	p. 368
On the use of 3D scanner for Chinese opera documentation	p. 377
3D data retrieval of archaeological pottery	p. 387
Participation as a model the Canadian heritage information network	p. 396
3D digital archive of the burghers of calais	p. 399
The EPOCH multimodal interface for interacting with digital heritage artefacts	p. 408
Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and Web experience 'living manuscripts'	p. 418
Note-taking support for nurses using digital pen character recognition system	p. 428
Human-robot interaction in a ubiquitous house	p. 437
Development and evaluation of a hybrid shared tele-haptic system	p. 446
Experimental investigation on integral cognition by multiple senses	p. 456
Object detection for a mobile robot using mixed reality	p. 466
A hamanoid robot to prevent children accidents	p. 476
Facial sketch rendering and animation for fun communications	p. 486
Implementation of a notation-based motion choreography system	p. 495
Nomadic perspectives : spatial representation in oriental scroll painting and holographic panoramagrams	p. 504
Urban-planning game	p. 514
Virtual network marathon : fitness-oriented E-sports in distributed virtual environment	p. 520
Creating an authentic aural experience in the digital songlines game engine : part of a contextualised cultural heritage knowledge toolkit	p. 530
3D interactive computer games as a pedagogical tool	p. 536
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