Current Topics in the Field of Virtual Reality

The seminar deals with current research topics in the field of Virtual Reality. Topics are taken from conference contributions and the latest journal publications. The focus is on research and applications in medicine, mechanical engineering, machine and plant construction, flow visualization, and flow simulation.

Course:

Topics for presentations will be agreed on in the course of the semester; the presentations will be given in an intensive block course format towards the end of the lecture period. Seminar participants can take part in a guided tour through the VR Lab and a demonstration of the aixCAVE.

Requirements:

Previous knowledge of the subject is not required; but attendance of the Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics lectures by Professors Kuhlen and Kobbelt, respectively, is recommended.

Certificate of Participation ("Schein"):

Students who wish to obtain a certificate of participation must submit a written paper (a PDF file created using LaTeX), give successful presentation of the paper (and a prior test presentation in front of their supervisor) at the block seminar, and attend the block seminar in its entirety. Please note that all deadlines must be met. The decision on who will receive the certificate will be announced at the end of the block seminar.

List of Available Topics:

• Planning Redirection Techniques for Optimal Free Walking Experience Using Model Predictive Control (supervised by Sebastian Freitag, M.Sc.)

• A Spatial Partitioning Heuristic for Automatic Adjustment of the 3D Navigation Speed in Multiscale Virtual Environments (supervised by Sebastian Freitag, M.Sc.)

• Assessing Knowledge Retention of an Immersive Serious Game vs. a Traditional Education Method in Aviation Safety (supervised by Andrea Bönsch, M.Sc.)

• The Effects of Avatars on Presence in Virtual Environments for Persons with Mobility Impairments (supervised by Andrea Bönsch, M.Sc.)

• Network Dynamics With BrainX^3: A Large-Scale Simulation of the Human Brain Network with Real-Time Interaction (supervised by Christian Nowke, M.Sc.)

• Munin: A Peer-to-Peer Middleware for Ubiquitous Analytics and Visualization Spaces (supervised by Christian Nowke, M.Sc.)

• Computing Morse-Smale Complexes with Accurate Geometry (supervised by Dipl.-Ing. Jens Henrik Göbbert)

• Mid-air Pan-and-Zoom on Wall-sized Displays (supervised by Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Weyers)

• Perceiving Mass in Mixed Reality through Pseudo-Haptic Rendering of Newton’s Third Law (supervised by Daniel Zielasko, M.Sc)

• 3D Finger CAPE: Clicking Action and Position Estimation under Self-Occlusions in Egocentric Viewpoint (supervised by Daniel Zielasko, M.Sc)

• WAVE: Interactive Wave-based Sound Propagation for Virtual Environments (supervised by Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Tom Vierjahn, M. Sc.)

• IDS: The Intent Driven Selection Method for Natural User Interfaces (supervised by Dipl.-Medieninform. Sascha Gebhardt)

• Effects of VR System Fidelity on Analyzing Isosurface Visualization of Volume Datasets (supervised by Dipl.-Medieninform. Sascha Gebhardt)

• Multiscale Symmetry Detection in Scalar Fields by Clustering Contours (supervised by Andrea Schnorr, M.Sc.)

• Activity Detection in Scientific Visualization (supervised by Andrea Schnorr, M.Sc.)

• A Survey of Volumetric Illumination Techniques for Interactive Volume Rendering (supervised by Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Hänel)

• Exploring the Effects of Image Persistance in Low Frame Rate Virtual Environments (supervised by Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Hänel)