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Virtual Reality for Industrial Applications

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Fan Dai

    1. ABB Corporate Research, Heidelberg, Germany

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  • The book gives a systematic view on the fundamental aspects of VR technology and its industrial applications.
  • The book is based on up-to-date information provided by experts from research and industry.
  • All the authors are leading VR researchers.
  • Especially those from industry are pioneers of VR applications.

Part of the book series: Computer Graphics: Systems and Applications (COMPUTER GRAPH.)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction — Beyond Walkthroughs

    1. Introduction — Beyond Walkthroughs

      • Fan Dai
      Pages 1-9

  3. VR Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. VR-Techniques for Industrial Applications

      • Gabriel Zachmann
      Pages 13-38

    3. Immersive User Interaction Within Industrial Virtual Environments

      • Matthias Buck
      Pages 39-59

    4. A Vision Based System Controlling the Virtual Tables Camera

      • Frank Seibert, Heike Kühner
      Pages 61-73

  4. From CAD to VR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Data Preparation on Polygonal Basis

      • Christian Knöpfle, Jens Schiefele
      Pages 77-94

    3. SIMPLIFY — Application Specific Data Preparation

      • Franz-Michael Hagemann
      Pages 95-102

  5. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Virtual Reality (VR) — New Methods for Improving and Accelerating Vehicle Development

      • F. Purschke, R. Rabätje, M. Schulze, A. Starke, M. Symietz, P. Zimmermann
      Pages 105-122

    3. 3D Realtime Simulation and VR-Tools in the Manufacturing Industry

      • Dieter Bickel
      Pages 123-138

    4. Virtual Reality in Telerobotics Applications at CAE Elektronik GmbH

      • Hans Josef Classen
      Pages 139-150

    5. Experiences with Virtual Reality Techniques in the Prototyping Process at BMW

      • Antonino Gomes de Sá, Peter Baacke
      Pages 151-158

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 159-174
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Just a few years ago, virtual reality was regarded as more a toy than a tool. Today, however, it is becoming the enabling technology for man-machine communications. The rapid development of graphics hardware and soft­ ware makes its application possible. Besides building walkthroughs and landscape fly-overs with very realistic visual effects, we can recognize the trend toward industrial applications. This is because of the emerging need for tools for rapid product development. Especially in the aeronautical and automotive industries, companies have began to investigate and develop virtual reality tools for their own needs in co-operation with research or­ ganizations. In co-operation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), the Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV) in Darmstadt established the German working group on virtual reality in 1993 as a forum for infor­ mation exchange between industry and research. German researchers, system developers, and industrial users have met several times in Darm­ stadt at the Computer Graphics Center. In these meetings they discussed the essential issues inherent in applying virtual reality to industrial appli­ cations and exchanged their latest research results and experiences.

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  • ABB Corporate Research, Heidelberg, Germany

    Fan Dai

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