Web-based Virtual Tour has attractive advantages over traditional 3D rendering approach in that it does not require labor intensive 3D modeling process or high bandwidth for realistic virtual tour yet provides virtual tour with free navigation and immersive experience of walking around through the WWW. In this paper, we focus on presenting a robust image registration technique for a web-based v...

Matrix Analysis of Corrosion Inhibition Phenomena (MACIP), in which an inhibitor isconsidered as a point in a multi-dimensional virtual efficiency space, was performed on somepyridine derivatives. The needed molecular parameters such as HOMO and LUMO energylevels, charge densities on hetero atom, dipole moment, heat of formation, and total energyvalues were obtained by means of semi-empirical q...

Data diffusion architectures (also known as COMA machines) are scalable multiprocessors that provide a shared address space on top of distributed main memory. Their distinctive feature is that data “diffuses”, or migrates and replicates, in main memory according to whichever processors are using the data; thus effective access time tends to be local access time. This property is possible due to...

Most distributed-shared memory(DSM) systems use a global address space which is shared by all processing nodes. Although the global address space is convenient in providing a single address space for programming models, it is applicable to DSM systems with relatively small number of processing nodes. As the system size grows, there is a problem with scalability. To avoid this drawback, a new sh...

We address an e ective application of spoken dialogue interface by combining with virtual space technologies. Virtual space enables us to do what cannot be done in the real world with feeling as if doing in the real world. Spoken dialogue systems are to realize our intention by understanding expressions that include concept and a nuance. We clari ed advantages and disadvantages of speech interf...

In this study, we realized a real space based virtual aquarium equipped with a multi‐view function that provides images for users and observers at the same time. A virtual reality system needs more natural and intuitive interfaces so as to enhance users’ immersion. We attach markers on users and camera devices in a real space designed in the same 1:1 size as the virtual space to collect motion ...

There always exist limitations on computer capability. For real-time shared three dimensional systems, it is essential to nd important tasks for users among all possible tasks to walk through and interact with 3D CG (Computer Graphics) spaces. Incorporating live videos, as components of virtual spaces, into 3D CG spaces is one of the heaviest tasks. In order to realize a real-time virtual space...

-Presented is the approach to the design of Virtual Information Space for a virtual/real university based upon the paradigms of intellectual software agent, multi-agent system, dynamic task-oriented agent community. Virtual Information Space is proposed as the unifying concept for the design of the distributed intelligent distant learning facilities. The particularity of the framework presented...