VRLab Projekte

Evaluation and comparison of the Kinect, the Xtion and the LEAP (Hardware and Software)

Is the productive use of controlling applications via Hand gestures already suitable? A practical comparison of the possible productive usage of the Microsoft Kinect in contrast to the newer Asus Xtion Pro. Our Use Case is to control applications with up to five fingers and gestures known from devices like the iPad, but without touching …

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VRlab Kinect

In addition to the development of new ways in interaction, the VRlab takes care of the investigation and evaluation of new technologies from the entertainment industry for their applications in computer science environment. Currently, the Vrlab is working on an interface between the interactive, markerless motion capture tool Microsoft Kinect and a medical software with …

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VRlab-Kinect Facepuzzle

The VRlab Team presented the Microsoft Kinect on the Informatics Inside in May 2011. The functionality of the Kinect was presented based on two applications named Gesichtspuzzle and Sinbad. The embedded YouTube clip shows these both applications in action. In contrast to the application Sinbad, which is only an example provided by the OpenNI SDK, …

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Low-Cost Tracking

Das Tracking von Bewegungen eines Benutzers ist eine häufig verwendete Technik, um die Interaktion mit virtuellen Welten zu ermöglichen. Professionelle Trackingsysteme (siehe WorldViz-Tracking) sind jedoch sehr teuer. Hauptziel dieses Teilprojektes ist es eine low-cost Lösung zu entwickeln, die in der Lage ist, den Benutzer mit der virtuellen Welt interagieren zu lassen. Zwei herkömmliche stereoskopisch ausgerichtete …

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WorldViz Tracking

During winter semester 2008 a new commercial tracking system by the company WorldViz was installed in the VRLab. This system – named after the manufacturer WorldViz – consists of four high-resolution cameras and a tracking computer. The team members are currently developing virtual reality applications in the programming language python. For development they use Vizard, …

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VRlab Framework

The concept of the VRLab Framework was developed to gain modularization and transparency for the common functionalities which are used by all projects in the VRLab. The most of these projects enable the user to interact with virtual reality applications through special hardware. The multi-touch table, the Cube and an iPad allow the input of …

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Multi-Touch

Since the beginning of winter semester 2010, the VRlab team is also working on two multi-touch systems. One of the two is a rear projection system with a vertical screen area. Because of its shape the system is named Cube. The Eyevis GmbH, a leading manufacturer of large screen systems, gratuitously provided the Cube for …

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