Realistic dynamic garments on animated characters have many AR/VR applications. While authoring such garment geometry is still a challenging task, data-driven simulation provides an attractive alternative, especially if it can be controlled simply using the motion of underlying character. In this work, we focus guided 3D garments, for loose garments. setup, first learn generative space plausibl...

Ai Weiwei positions himself first and foremost as a thinker, driven by curiosity even selfishness, not shying away from ridicule. Through immersion direct response to different, unfamiliar conditions, he aims defamiliarize pre-set thinking, letting be trapped rationality led simplified, predetermined conclusions about the world. Despite self-proclaimed selfishness at their core, Ai’s artistic a...

Wearable computing aims to empower people by providing intelligence embedded within garments. It relies on sensors placed at different locations of the body. To foster useracceptance sensors should be small, light, and unobtrusive. In this paper we present a wearable platform that addresses those challenges: a miniature networked SensorButton with the form factor of a button, so that it can be ...

Laboratory and sea trials were used to compare the effectiveness of three aircrew exposure garments--the British Mark 10, the United States CWU 21/P, and the Canadian U.VIC. Thermofloat jacket. The first two are waterproof coveralls, whereas the third is a neoprene-lined jacket designed on the basis of the "wet suit" concept. Rectal and skin temperatures, electrocardiograms and other variables ...

Adequate heat balance is critical to human performance in the heat. If heat balance cannot be maintained, the core temperature increases and body water dehydration leads to exhaustion and limit the performance. Clothing heat transfer properties, thermal insulation and water vapour resistance, modify heat exchange and may indirectly affect performance. Work in protective clothing quickly becomes...

Replacing a single missing anterior tooth can be a challenge. Many factors need to be considered when choosing the appropriate treatment. Several treatment options are well established. This case report is to present the use of a cast cobalt chrome partial denture with custom made porcelain tooth to improve aesthetic. The overall shade of the artificial tooth were nicely matched with the adjace...

“There is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing, lavishly composed telegrams for all occasions. Sending such a telegram costs only twenty-five cents. You see, what gets transmitted over the telegraph is not the text of the telegram, but simply the number under which it is listed in the book, and the signature of the sender. This is quite a funny thing, reminiscent of Drugstore Breakfas...

This paper presents new theoretical aspects of software engineering which oriented on product lines for building applied systems and software product families from readymade reusable components in conditions of program factories. These aspects are the new disciplines such as the theory of component programming; models variability and interoperability of system; theory for building systems and p...

We present a system for public interaction during presentations of non-interactive readymade (canned) materials such as films or pre-composed performances. Using concepts of user back-channeling, moderator and shared canvas, the system allows a significant part of an art piece that is actually happing “in the heads” of the audience to be shared in parallel or in sequential manner with the main ...