Introduction: Disaster management and emergency preparedness relies on the collaboration, communication, expertise of a multidisciplinary team. Skills in preparation, disasters are core competencies an physician. To learn principles disaster management, simulations critical as mass casualty/rapid surge events seldom occur. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted cancellation in-person events. In respons...

Simulation-based training is used to improve learners’ skills and enhance their knowledge. Recently, virtual reality technology has been exploited in simulation mainly for purposes, enable learning while performing simulated activities that are dangerous or even impossible be the real world. In this context, we present a simulation-based firefighter an earthquake scenario developed colla...

Purpose – The aim of this paper was to explore the use of objective fabric parameters in 3-D virtual garment simulation. Design Method – Two methods (FAST and Browzwear’s fabric testing kit) of obtaining objective fabric measurements and the derived parameters for virtual garment simulation were studied. Three parameters (extension, shear and bend) were investigated to establish if the selected...

Purpose – The aim of this paper was to explore the use of objective fabric parameters in 3-D virtual garment simulation. Design Method – Two methods (FAST and Browzwear’s fabric testing kit) of obtaining objective fabric measurements and the derived parameters for virtual garment simulation were studied. Three parameters (extension, shear and bend) were investigated to establish if the selected...

Virtual view synthesis is an essential part of computer vision and 3D applications. A high-quality depth map is the main problem with virtual view synthesis. Because as compared to the color image the resolution of the corresponding depth image is low. In this paper, an efficient and confided method based on the gradual omission of outliers is proposed to compute reliable depth values. In the p...

The simulation of large-scale networks is a challenging task especially if the network to simulate is the Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network, it requires expert knowledge to properly configure its component technologies. The study of these network architectures in a real environment is almost impossible because it requires a very large number of equipment, however, this task is feasible...

The correct and quick evacuation of occupants is very important for the save of lives in a public building when it is attacked by a fire. However, it is difficult to train the occupants for evacuation in a real environment since it is dangerous and expensive. This paper presents a virtual reality system developed by the authors for the simulation of occupant evacuation in an underground station...