Scientific and Technical Challenges, NRC, 1995.pptVIP

Overview from Virtual Reality, Scientific and Technical Challenges, NRC, 1995 Summarized by Geb Thomas Learning Objectives Be able to describe the current areas of research related to SE. Be able to draw a system diagram differentiation teleoperation and virtual environments. Be able to define augmented reality. Be able to distinguish the NRC definition of Presence from Ellis’ definition. Define the distinctions between a simulator and a virtual environment. Describe common characteristics of SEs. Define the symptoms of sopite syndrome. Introduction Includes both Virtual Environments and Teleoperation VE - Human connects to simulated world Telerobotics - Human connects to a real world via a robot sensors and actuators Scope of the SE Field Multidisciplinary Terminology confusion input and output interface High talk-to-work and excitement-to-accomplishment ratios Current Areas of Research Computer generation of VE Design of telerobots Improvement of human/machine interfaces Relevant aspects of human behavior Comm. systems and networks Computer-generated images of the real world Basic Concepts and Terminology Teleoperator system -- a human operator, a human-machine interface and a telerobot facilitate the human operator’s ability to sense, maneuver in, and manipulate the environment Virtual environments system -- a human operator, a human-machine interface and a computer Augmented Reality System Virtual and real environments are combined Information from real environment is directly sensed with see-through display, supplementary information from VE is overlaid on the display VE, Teleoperator and Augmented Reality together constitute Synthetic Environments Presence Telepresence, virtual presence or synthetic presence Extent to which the human operator loses his or her awareness of being present at the site of the interface and instead feels present in the artificial environment Depends on: transparency of interface, amount and kind of interaction VE and Simulator D