Advances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence: 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, iCat 2006, Hangzhou, China, N (Paperback, 2006)

Anthropomorphic Intelligent Robotics, Artificial Life.- Gesture Recognition Based on Context Awareness for Human-Robot Interaction.- Evolving Creatures in Virtual Ecosystems.- The Application of Affective Virtual Human in Intelligent Web Tutoring System.- Extracting Behavior Knowledge and Modeling Based on Virtual Agricultural Mobile Robot.- Human Motion Interpolation Using Space-Time Registration.- Multi-stream Based Rendering Resource Interception and Reconstruction in D3DPR for High-Resolution Display.- VirtualPhonepad: A Text Input Tool for Virtual Environments.- An Animation System for Imitation of Object Grasping in Virtual Reality.- Generating Different Realistic Humanoid Motion.- Handheld AR for Collaborative Edutainment.- VR-Based Simulation for the Learning of Gynaecological Examination.- Visual Perception Modeling for Intelligent Avatars.- Steering Behavior Model of Visitor NPCs in Virtual Exhibition.- Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality.- Scalable Architecture and Content Description Language for Mobile Mixed Reality Systems.- A Novel Sound Localization Experiment for Mobile Audio Augmented Reality Applications.- A Tangible User Interface for Remote Collaboration System Using Mixed Reality.- Multi-sensor Data Fusion Based on Fuzzy Integral in AR System.- AR Baseball Presentation System with Integrating Multiple Planar Markers.- An Efficient 3D Registration Method Using Markerless Image in AR-Based CNC Machining Simulation.- Shared Design Space: Sketching Ideas Using Digital Pens and a Large Augmented Tabletop Setup.- AR Table Tennis: A Video-Based Augmented Reality Sports Game.- Enhancing Immersiveness in AR-Based Product Design.- Personal Information Annotation on Wearable Computer Users with Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Communication.- An Initialization Tool for Installing Visual Markers in Wearable Augmented Reality.- Increasing Camera Pose Estimation Accuracy Using Multiple Markers.- Exploring Human-Robot Interaction Through Telepresence Board Games.- Projected Reality ? Content Delivery Right onto Objects of Daily Life.- An Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Multimodal Interface Using Speech and Paddle Gestures.- An Augmented Reality System for Computer Maintenance.- Multi-view Video Composition with Computer Graphics.- Floating Virtual Mirrors: Visualization of the Scene Behind a Vehicle.- Distributed and Collaborative VR System.- A Scalable Framework for Distributed Virtual Reality Using Heterogeneous Processors.- A Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Molecular Modeling.- An Interest Filtering Mechanism Based on LoI.- Study on Data Collaboration Service for Collaborative Virtual Geographic Environment.- VCS: A Virtual Collaborative Space Based on Immersive Teleconferencing.- A Scalable HLA-Based Distributed Simulation Framework for VR Application.- Location-Based Device Ensemble Architecture for a Spatial Reality Enhancement of Distributed Multimedia Presentation.- Haptics, Human Factors of VR.- Air-Jet Button Effects in AR.- Perceptualizing a “Haptic Edge” with Varying Stiffness Based on Force Constancy.- Multi-sensory Perception of Roughness: Empirical Study on Effects of Vibrotactile Feedback and Auditory Feedback in Texture Perception.- The Research of Spiritual Consolation Object with the Function of Affective Computing.- Real Time Dynamics and Control of a Digital Human Arm for Reaching Motion Simulation.- Emotion Recognition Using Physiological Signals.- Innovative Applications of VR.- Animation Preserving Simplification for MPEG Based Scalable Virtual Human.- A Virtual Reality Training System for Robot Assisted Neurosurgery.- The Experiment of Improving Students’ Spatial Ability by Using VGLS.- Sketch Based 3D Animation Copy.- Extracting Space Welding Seam for Virtual Teach-In of Robotic Welding System.- Primary-Color-Based Spatial Layout Features and New Image Matching Algorithm Based on Dual Features.- Ridge-Valley Lines Smoothing and Optimizing.- Mynews: Personalization of Web Contents Transcoding for Mobile Device Users.- Visualization Application in Clothing Biomechanical Design.- Motion Tracking.- Robot Position Estimation and Tracking Using the Particle Filter and SOM in Robotic Space.- Robust Motion Tracking in Video Sequences Using Particle Filter.- Fast Motion Estimation Using Spatio-temporal Correlations.- Bi-directional Passenger Counting on Crowded Situation Based on Sequence Color Images.- Moving Object Detection Based on a New Level Set Algorithm Using Directional Speed Function.- An Integrated Robot Vision System for Multiple Human Tracking and Silhouette Extraction.- Disparity Weighted Histogram-Based Object Tracking for Mobile Robot Systems.- Towards Robust 3D Reconstruction of Human Motion from Monocular Video.- Wavelet Scalable Video Coding with Minimal Average Temporal Distance for Motion Estimation.- Single Camera Remote Eye Gaze Tracking Under Natural Head Movements.- Real Time Computer Simulation.- High-Quality Shear-Warp Volume Rendering Using Efficient Supersampling and Pre-integration Technique.- A Simple, Efficient Method for Real-Time Simulation of Smoke Shadow.- Reducing Interrupt Latency at Linux Kernel Level for Real-Time Network.- Investigation of Surface Integrity in the Case of Chemical Mechanical Polishing Silicon Wafer by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Method.- Independent Component Analysis Approach for the Neurobiological Recording Data.- Real-Time Virtual Surgery Simulation Employing MM-Model and Adaptive Spatial Hash.- Creating Dynamic Panorama Using Particle Swarm Optimization.- Real-Time and Realistic Simulation of Large-Scale Deep Ocean Surface.- Exploiting Frame-to-Frame Coherence for Rendering Terrain Using Continuous LOD.- Light Field Modeling and Its Application to Remote Sensing Image Simulation.- Simple and Fast Terrain Rendering Using Graphics Hardware.- Animating Grass in Real-Time.- Gaussian Mixture Model in Improved HLS Color Space for Human Silhouette Extraction.- Geometry Compression Using Spherical Wavelet.- Tools and Technique for Modeling VR Systems.- Dynamic Radiosity on Multi-resolution Models.- Mesh Simplification Algorithm Based on N-Edge Mesh Collapse.- 3-D Personalized Face Reconstruction Based on Multi-layer and Multi-region with RBFs.- Recognition and Location of Fruit Objects Based on Machine Vision.- A New Algorithm of Gray Watermark Embedding.- A Semiautomatic Nonrigid Registration in Liver Cancer Treatment with an Open MR System.- Example-Based Realistic Terrain Generation.- Bayesian Mesh Reconstruction from Noisy Point Data.- Efficient Retrieval of 3D Models Based on Integer Medial Axis Skeleton.- Implicit Surface Boolean Operations Based Cut-and-Paste Algorithm for Mesh Models.- Meshes Simplification Based on Reverse Subdivision.- Kd-Tree Based OLS in Implicit Surface Reconstruction with Radial Basis Function.- Retrieving 3D CAD Model with Regional Entropy Distributions.- Virtual Tang-Style Timber-Frame Building Complex.- An Accelerating Rendering Method of Hybrid Point and Polygon for Complex Three-Dimensional Models.- User Mediated Hypermedia Presentation Generation on the Semantic Web Framework.- Progressive Transmission of Vector Map Data Based on Polygonal Chain Simplification.- Image-Based Fast Small Triangle Rasterization.- On Volume Distribution Features Based 3D Model Retrieval.- Personalized Model Deformation Based on Slice Space Representation.- Flexible Camera Setup for Visual Based Registration on 2D Interaction Surface with Undefined Geometry Using Neural Network.- Painterly Rendering with Vector Field Based Feature Extraction.- Ubiquitous/Wearable Computing.- Reducing Time Cost of Distributed Run-Time Infrastructure.- Wearable Multimodal Interface for Helping Visually Handicapped Persons.- Personalized Primary Port: Analysis of User View for the Smart Environment.- Mobile Information Presentation Schemes for Supra-adaptive Logistics Applications.- Interactive Collaborative Scene Assembly Using AR on Mobile Phones.- Design of the Multimedia Communication Protocol and System for Wireless LAN.- Virtual Heritage, Virtual Medicine and Health Science.- Representation of Color in Ancient Noh Masks.- Modeling and Immersive Display of Cultural Heritage.- Personalized Content Presentation for Virtual Gallery.- Accessible Information from Radiated Sound of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotriptor for Improving Fragmentation Efficiency.- Visualization of Segmented Color Volume Data Using GPU.- Research on Segmentation Algorithm of 3d Medical Data.- Kidney Diseases Diagnosis System for Sensation Type Using Physiological Signal Analysis.- A Computer-Aided Driving Posture Prediction System Based on Driver Comfort.- Height-Based Deformation and Ray Supersampling for Colon Unfolding.- Content-Based Retrieval of Cultural Relic Images in Digital Museum.- Virtual Biology Modeling Method Based on Validity Confirmation Mechanism.- Virtual Reality.- Virtual Reconstruction of Two Types of Traffic Accident by the Tire Marks.- A Seamless Visualizaton Model of the Global Terrain Based on the QTM.- Photographs Alignment and High Dynamic Range Image Composition Based on Varying Exposure Levels.- Elastic Algorithm: A New Path Planning Algorithm About Auto-navigation in 3D Virtual Scene.- Mental Representation of Spatial Structure in a Virtual Room-Sized Space.- A Novel Planar Walking Algorithm for Virtual Walking Machine.- An Interactive System of Virtual Face Pose Estimation.- An Efficient Manipulation of Game Contents on Heterogeneous Platforms Using MR Interface.- Manipulation of Field of View for Hand-Held Virtual Reality.- Hierarchical 3D Data Rendering System Synchronizing with HTML.- Fragment Indexing of XML-Based Metadata for Digital TV Contents.- Using a MyoKinetic Synthesizer to Control of Virtual Instruments.- VR Interaction and Navigation Techniques.- View-Dependent Simplification of Complex Urban Scenes Using Weighted Quadtrees.- Indoor Environment Modeling for Interactive VR ? Based Robot Security Service.- Research on Mass Terrain Data Storage and Scheduling Based on Grid GIS.- Multi-touch Interaction for Table-Top Display.- Reliable Omnidirectional Depth Map Generation for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation Via a Single Perspective Camera.- Enhanced 3D Interaction with Augmented Visual Information.- Research and Application of Virtual Reality in the Field of Web-Based Education.- Indoor/Outdoor Pedestrian Navigation with an Embedded GPS/RFID/Self-contained Sensor System.- A Communication Model of Scents Mediated by Sense-Descriptive Adjectives.- Hand Shape Recognition Using a Mean-Shift Embedded Active Contour (MEAC).