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 Virtual Reality and the Built Environment $59.95 This is the first text to focus on virtual reality applications for design of the built environment. This guide explores the use of virtual reality at the practical level. It provides an overview of industrial applications of virtual reality and explores relevant scientific research. Virtual Reality in the Built Environment is a guide to the practical uses of virtual design, construction, and management. Providing an overview of industrial applications for virtual reality and exploring relevant research, this book is an accessible and innovative resource for architects, designers and built environment professionals--bridging the gap between technological vision and current practice. Author Jennifer Whyte shows how interactive, spatial, real-time technologies can radically improve modelling and communication of ideas, enable partcipation in the design process, and facilitated planning and management at the urban scale. The experience of lead users of virtual reality is used as the basis for understanding its promise and problems. Explanations of the underlying principles of this exciting interactive medium, a discussion of the cognitive, technical and organizational issues it raises, and international case studies illustrating practical applications are all included in this guide. The author also provides a companion web site which provides online learning materials, including test-yourself questions, virtual reality models, and links to relevant sites, making it a valuable design resource and a stimulus for innovation. * Informative guide for professionals and students conducting computer-based design work * Accessible and innovative resource for every field of construction with a companion website for online learning * Bridge the gap between technological fantasy and current practice with case studies from Britain, Japan, USA and Australia  HRD in Competitive Business Environment - Realities, Challenges & Practices $22.50 The book tries to consolidate the work of the author and his associates who attempted to understand the way HRD works, its systems and procedures and how they are put to use on the shop floor. Based on his experiences, Dr. Srinivas Kandula, HR Director, Sasken Technologies, discusses the emerging HRD realities in a business environment, and then goes on to discuss HRD challenges and practices.  Integrating Hypermedia Techniques in Augmented Reality Environments: Navigating Complex Information Spaces by Physically Manipulating Hypermedia Structures in Tangible Augmented Reality Interfaces $87.00 Augmented Reality systems, which overlay virtual information over the real world, can benefit greatly from the techniques established by the Open Hypermedia research field. Storing information and links separately from a document can be advantageous for augmented reality applications and can enable the adaption of content to suit users¸¢Ä preferences. Using Open Hypermedia in the information systems behind AR environments provides benefits to augmented reality developers, not only because of the existing Open Hypermedia methods but also because of the applicability of Open Hypermedia interaction techniques to the augmented reality domain. Tangible augmented reality techniques, in which graphics are overlaid on physical objects that can be manipulated as input devices, can be used to interact with the resulting information spaces by exposing the adaptation processes in the Open Hypermedia systems. This thesis describes the development of various physical interaction metaphors that allow users to physically manipulate the underlying hypermedia structures to their liking, resulting in a natural and intuitive way to navigate complex information spaces. |
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