This paper presents the digital interactive experience system of the Jing-Hang Grand Canal of China and introduces some related work. The purpose of this system is to attract users’ interests in the history and culture of the Jing-Hang Grand Canal. We provide users with virtual exhibition and virtual exploring environment which make it possible that the disappeared ancient scenes and stories re...

In his 1999 article that reviewed the state of virtual reality (VR) Prof. Fred Brooks Jr. noted that at that time the field had made great technical advances over the previous 5 years. Brooks (1999) wrote “I think our technology has crossed over the pass – VR that used to almost work now barely works. VR is now really real.” What is the state today? Needless to say 15 years later, it is the cas...

Virtual reality has gone from research to educational tool to indispensible clinical application in patient care. A brief review of the current status of the use of VR in medicine will provide the springboard for the current gaps that provide future opportunities in simulation as well as an introduction to new advanced technologies that are revolutionizing medicine and which will require VR for...

According to the National Academy of Engineering, the list for the Grand Challenges for Engineering are: (1) Make solar energy economical; (2) Provide energy from fusion; (3) Develop carbon sequestration methods; (4) Manage the nitrogen cycle; (5) Provide access to clean water; (6) Restore and improve urban infrastructure; (7) Advance health informatics; (8) Engineer better medicines; (9) Rever...

Reproducibility of Science is considered as one of the main principles of the scientific method, and refers to the ability of an experiment to be accurately reproduced, by third person, in complex experiment every detail matters to ensure the correct reproducibility. In the context of the ICCS 2011, Elsevier organized the executable paper grand challenge a contest to improve the way scientific ...