Virtual and Mixed Reality - Systems and Applications: International Conference, Virtual and Mixed Reality 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Serious Games for Psychological Health Education....Pages 3-10
Mixed Reality as a Means to Strengthen Post-stroke Rehabilitation....Pages 11-19
A Virtual Experiment Platform for Mechanism Motion Cognitive Learning....Pages 20-29
Mechatronic Prototype for Rigid Endoscopy Simulation....Pages 30-36
Patterns of Gaming Preferences and Serious Game Effectiveness....Pages 37-43
Serious Games for the Therapy of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Children and Adolescents....Pages 44-53
Virtual Reality as Knowledge Enhancement Tool for Musculoskeletal Pathology....Pages 54-63
Study of Optimal Behavior in Complex Virtual Training Systems....Pages 64-72
Farming Education: A Case for Social Games in Learning....Pages 73-79
Sample Size Estimation for Statistical Comparative Test of Training by Using Augmented Reality via Theoretical Formula and OCC Graphs: Aeronautical Case of a Component Assemblage....Pages 80-89
Enhancing English Learning Website Content and User Interface Functions Using Integrated Quality Assessment....Pages 90-99
The Influence of Virtual World Interactions toward Driving Real World Behaviors....Pages 100-109
Interactive Performance: Dramatic Improvisation in a Mixed Reality Environment for Learning....Pages 110-118
Emotions and Telerebabilitation: Pilot Clinical Trials for Virtual Telerebabilitation Application Using Haptic Device and Its Impact on Post Stroke Patients’ Mood and Motivation....Pages 119-128
An Interactive Multimedia System for Parkinson’s Patient Rehabilitation....Pages 129-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
VClav 2.0 – System for Playing 3D Virtual Copy of a Historical Clavichord....Pages 141-150
A System for Creating the Content for a Multi-sensory Theater....Pages 151-157
Wearable Display System for Handing Down Intangible Cultural Heritage....Pages 158-166
Stroke-Based Semi-automatic Region of Interest Detection Algorithm for In-Situ Painting Recognition....Pages 167-176
Personalized Voice Assignment Techniques for Synchronized Scenario Speech Output in Entertainment Systems....Pages 177-186
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Instant Movie Casting with Personality: Dive into the Movie System....Pages 187-196
A Realtime and Direct-Touch Interaction System for the 3D Cultural Artifact Exhibition....Pages 197-205
Digital Display Case: A Study on the Realization of a Virtual Transportation System for a Museum Collection....Pages 206-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Integrating Multi-agents in a 3D Serious Game Aimed at Cognitive Stimulation....Pages 217-226
Automatic 3-D Facial Fitting Technique for a Second Life Avatar....Pages 227-236
Reflected in a Liquid Crystal Display: Personalization and the Use of Avatars in Serious Games....Pages 237-242
Leveraging Unencumbered Full Body Control of Animated Virtual Characters for Game-Based Rehabilitation....Pages 243-252
Interactive Exhibition with Ambience Using Video Avatar and Animation on Huge Screen....Pages 253-259
Realistic Facial Animation by Automatic Individual Head Modeling and Facial Muscle Adjustment....Pages 260-269
Geppetto: An Environment for the Efficient Control and Transmission of Digital Puppetry....Pages 270-278
Body Buddies: Social Signaling through Puppeteering....Pages 279-288
Why Can’t a Virtual Character Be More Like a Human: A Mixed-Initiative Approach to Believable Agents....Pages 289-296
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Collaborative Mixed-Reality Platform for the Design Assessment of Cars Interior....Pages 299-308
Active Location Tracking for Projected Reality Using Wiimotes....Pages 309-317
Fast Prototyping of Virtual Replica of Real Products....Pages 318-326
Effectiveness of a Tactile Display for Providing Orientation Information of 3d-patterned Surfaces....Pages 327-332
ClearSpace: Mixed Reality Virtual Teamrooms....Pages 333-342
Mesh Deformations in X3D via CUDA with Freeform Deformation Lattices....Pages 343-351
Visualization and Management of u-Contents for Ubiquitous VR....Pages 352-361
Semi Autonomous Camera Control in Dynamic Virtual Environments....Pages 362-369
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Panoramic Image-Based Navigation for Smart-Phone in Indoor Environment....Pages 370-376
Foundation of a New Digital Ecosystem for u-Content: Needs, Definition, and Design....Pages 377-386
Semantic Web-Techniques and Software Agents for the Automatic Integration of Virtual Prototypes....Pages 387-396
Virtual Factory Manager....Pages 397-406
FiveStar: Ultra-Realistic Space Experience System....Pages 407-414
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Control for Large Robot Teams....Pages 415-424
Acceleration of Massive Particle Data Visualization Based on GPU....Pages 425-431
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