Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems: 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Xi'an, China, October 18-20, 2006, Proceedings (Paperback)

Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics.- A Novel Parameter Learning Method of Virtual Garment.- Augmented Reality as Perceptual Reality.- A Multimodal Reference Resolution Approach in Virtual Environment.- SC: Prototypes for Interactive Architecture.- Model-Based Design of Virtual Environment Behavior.- Beh-VR: Modeling Behavior of Dynamic Virtual Reality Contents.- N'Files - A Space to React. Communication Between Architecture and Its Users.- IPML: Extending SMIL for Distributed Multimedia Presentations.- The Use of Multi-sensory Feedback to Improve the Usability of a Virtual Assembly Environment.- GPU-Based Soft Shadow Rendering Using Non-linear Pre-computed Radiance Transfer Approximation.- Predictive Occlusion Culling for Interactive Rendering of Large Complex Virtual Scene.- A Study on Perception and Operation Using Free Form Projection Display.- A Service-Oriented Architecture for Progressive Delivery and Adaptive Rendering of 3D Content.- Vision and Image Technology.- Embedding Image Watermarks into Local Linear Singularity Coefficients in Ridgelet Domain.- Rotated Haar-Like Features for Face Detection with In-Plane Rotation.- Contour Grouping: Focusing on Image Patches Around Edges.- Synthetic Stereoscopic Panoramic Images.- Building a Sparse Kernel Classifier on Riemannian Manifold.- Three-Dimension Maximum Between-Cluster Variance Image Segmentation Method Based on Chaotic Optimization.- A Multi-sensor Image Registration Method Based on Harris Corner Matching.- Graph Based Energy for Active Object Removal.- Object-Based Image Recoloring Using Alpha Matte and Color Histogram Specification.- Reconstructing Symmetric Curved Surfaces from a Single Image and Its Application.- Geometry Processing.- Constructing 3D Surface from Planar Contours with Grid Adjustment Analysis.- Geometric Modeling for Interpolation Surfaces Based on Blended Coordinate System.- Orthogonal Least Square RBF Based Implicit Surface Reconstruction Methods.- An Interpolatory Subdivision Scheme for Triangular Meshes and Progressive Transmission.- Geometric Hermite Curves Based on Different Objective Functions.- Aligning 3D Polygonal Models with Improved PCA.- Collaborative Systems and GIS-Related.- A Crowd Evacuation System in Emergency Situation Based on Dynamics Model.- Come Closer: Encouraging Collaborative Behaviour in a Multimedia Environment.- The Component Based Factory Automation Control in the Internet Environment.- Database, Communication and Creation - A Research on Cultural Heritage-Based Educational Models.- An Adaptive Reliable QoS for Resource Errors Running on Ubiquitous Computing Environments.- Learner's Tailoring E-Learning System on the Item Revision Difficulty Using PetriNet.- A Time-Controlling Terrain Rendering Algorithm.- Developing and Analyzing Geographical Content Display System by Using RFID.- Digital Heritage and Healthcare.- Determination of Ancient Manufacturing Techniques of Ceramics by 3D Shape Estimation.- CG Restoration of a Historical Noh Stage and Its Use for Edutainment.- Surveying and Mapping Caves by Using 3D Digital Technologies.- On the Use of 3D Scanner for Chinese Opera Documentation.- 3D Data Retrieval of Archaeological Pottery.- Participation as a Model the Canadian Heritage Information Network.- 3D Digital Archive of the Burghers of Calais.- The EPOCH Multimodal Interface for Interacting with Digital Heritage Artefacts.- Virtual Manuscripts for an Enhanced Museum and Web Experience 'Living Manuscripts'.- Note-Taking Support for Nurses Using Digital Pen Character Recognition System.- Sensing and Robotics.- Human-Robot Interaction in a Ubiquitous House.- Development and Evaluation of a Hybrid Shared Tele-Haptic System.- Experimental Investigation on Integral Cognition by Multiple Senses.- Object Detection for a Mobile Robot Using Mixed Reality.- A Humanoid Robot to Prevent Children Accidents.- The Arts and Gaming.- Facial Sketch Rendering and Animation for Fun Communications