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The following articles are from "IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008":
Bitouk, Dmitri and Nayar, Shree K. (2008): Creating a Speech Enabled Avatar from a Single Photograph. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 107-110. Available online
Zhang, Li, Subramaniam, Neesha, Lin, Robert, Raskar, Ramesh and Nayar, Shree K. (2008): Capturing Images with Sparse Informational Pixels using Projected 3D Tags. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 11-18. Available online
Steptoe, William and Steed, Anthony (2008): High-Fidelity Avatar Eye-Representation. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 111-114. Available online
Trutoiu, Laura C., Mohler, Betty J., Schulte-Pelkum, Jörg and Bülthoff, Heinrich H. (2008): Circular, Linear, and Curvilinear Vection in a Large-screen Virtual Environment with Floor Projection. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 115-120. Available online
Peck, Tabitha C., Whitton, Mary C. and Fuchs, Henry (2008): Evaluation of Reorientation Techniques for Walking in Large Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 121-127. Available online
Cliburn, Daniel C. and Rilea, Stacy (2008): Showing Users the Way: Signs in Virtual Worlds. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 129-132. Available online
Johnsen, Kyle and Lok, Benjamin (2008): An Evaluation of Immersive Displays for Virtual Human Experiences. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 133-136. Available online
Bleser, Gabriele and Stricker, Didier (2008): Advanced tracking through efficient image processing and visual-inertial sensor fusion. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 137-144. Available online
0002, Taehee Lee and Höllerer, Tobias (2008): Hybrid Feature Tracking and User Interaction for Markerless Augmented Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 145-152. Available online
Poullis, Charalambos, You, Suya and Neumann, Ulrich (2008): Rapid Creation of Large-scale Photorealistic Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 153-160. Available online
Hirota, Koichi, Tagawa, Kazuyoshi and Suzuki, Yasuhiro (2008): Automultiscopic display by revolving flat-panel displays. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 161-168. Available online
Peterson, Stephen, Axholt, Magnus and Ellis, Stephen R. (2008): Managing Visual Clutter: A Generalized Technique for Label Segregation using Stereoscopic Disparity. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 169-176. Available online
Springer, Jan P., Lux, Christopher, Reiners, Dirk and Froehlich, Bernd (2008): Advanced Multi-Frame Rate Rendering Techniques. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 177-184. Available online
Yoshida, Takumi, Jo, Kensei, Minamizawa, Kouta, Nii, Hideaki, Kawakami, Naoki and Tachi, Susumu (2008): Transparent Cockpit: Visual Assistance System for Vehicle Using Retro-reflective Projection Technology. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 185-188. Available online
Best, Christopher M. and Borst, Christoph W. (2008): New Rendering Approach for Composable Volumetric Lenses. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 189-192. Available online
DiVerdi, Stephen, Wither, Jason and Höllerer, Tobias (2008): Envisor: Online Environment Map Construction for Mixed Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 19-26. Available online
Wingrave, Chadwick A. and Bowman, Doug A. (2008): Tiered Developer-Centric Representations for 3D Interfaces: Concept-Oriented Design in Chasm. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 193-200. Available online
Irawati, Sylvia, Ahn, Sang Chul, Kim, Jinwook and Ko, Heedong (2008): VARU Framework: Enabling Rapid Prototyping of VR, AR and Ubiquitous Applications. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 201-208. Available online
Picon, Flavien, Ammi, Mehdi and Bourdot, Patrick (2008): Case Study of Haptic Methods for Selection on CAD Models. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 209-212. Available online
Faeth, Adam, Oren, Michael, Sheller, Jonathan, Godinez, Sean and Harding, Chris (2008): Cutting, Deforming and Painting of 3D meshes in a Two Handed Viso-haptic VR System. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 213-216. Available online
Ikei, Yasushi and Ota, Hirofumi (2008): Spatial Electronic Mnemonics for Augmentation of Human Memory. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 217-224. Available online
Gerbaud, Stéphanie, Mollet, Nicolas, Ganier, Franck, Arnaldi, Bruno and Tisseau, Jacques (2008): GVT: a platform to create virtual environments for procedural training. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 225-232. Available online
Kumagai, Toru, Yamashita, Juli, Morikawa, Osamu, Yokoyama, Kazunori, Fujimaki, Shin'ichi, Konishi, Taku, Ishimasa, Hiroshi, Murata, Hideyuki and Tomoda, Koichi (2008): Distance Education System for Teaching Manual Skills in Endoscopic Paranasal Sinus Surgery Using "HyperMirror" Telecommunication Interface. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 233-236. Available online
Yuen, Nancy P. Y. and Thibault, William C. (2008): Inexpensive Immersive Projection. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 237-240. Available online
Aoki, Takashi, Tanikawa, Tomohiro and Hirose, Michitaka (2008): Virtual 3D World Construction by Inter-connecting Photograph-based 3D Models. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 243-244. Available online
Aspin, Rob (2008): An initial study into augmented inward looking exploration and navigation in CAVE-like IPT systems. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 245-246. Available online
Chen, Jiajian and MacIntyre, Blair (2008): Uncertainty Boundaries for Complex Objects in Augmented Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 247-248. Available online
Didier, Jean-Yves, Djafri, Bachir and Klaudel, Hanna (2008): MIRELA: A Language for Modeling and Analyzing Mixed Reality Applications Using Timed Automata. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 249-250. Available online
Fujisawa, Junya, Touyama, Hideaki and Hirose, Michitaka (2008): EEG-based navigation of immersing virtual environment using common spatial patterns. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 251-252. Available online
Garbe, Katharina and Herbst, Iris (2008): Extending X3D with Perceptual Auditory Properties. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 253-254. Available online
Gillies, Marco (2008): Piavca: A Framework for Heterogeneous Interactions with Virtual Characters. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 255-256. Available online
Halpin, Harry, Zielinski, David J., Brady, Rachael and Kelly, Glenda (2008): Redgraph: Navigating Semantic Web Networks using Virtual Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 257-258. Available online
Herbst, Iris, Braun, Anne-Kathrin, McCall, Rod and Broll, Wolfgang (2008): Multi-dimensional Interactive City Exploration through Mixed Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 259-260. Available online
Hoang, Roger V., Mahsman, Joseph D., Brown, David T., Penick, Michael, Jr., Frederick C. Harris and Brown, Timothy J. (2008): VFire: Virtual Fire in Realistic Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 261-262. Available online
Horan, B., Najdovski, Zoran and Nahavandi, Saeid (2008): 3D Virtual Haptic Cone for Intuitive Vehicle Motion Control. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 263-264. Available online
Iesaki, Akiko, Somada, Akihiro, Kimura, Asako, Shibata, Fumihisa and Tamura, Hideyuki (2008): Psychophysical Influence on Tactual Impression by Mixed-Reality Visual Stimulation. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 265-266. Available online
Jones, Adam, II, J. Edward Swan, Singh, Gurjot and Kolstad, Eric (2008): The Effects of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Motion Parallax on Egocentric Depth Perception. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 267-268. Available online
Kurillo, Gregorij, Bajcsy, Ruzena, Nahrstedt, Klara and Kreylos, Oliver (2008): Immersive 3D Environment for Remote Collaboration and Training of Physical Activities. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 269-270. Available online
Quarles, John, Lampotang, Samsun (Sem), Fischler, Ira, Fishwick, Paul A. and Lok, Benjamin (2008): A Mixed Reality Approach for Merging Abstract and Concrete Knowledge. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 27-34. Available online
Lazarus, Todd, Martin, Glenn A., Nayeem, Razia, Fowlkes, Jennifer and Riddle, Dawn (2008): E-MAT: The Extremities-Multiple Application Trainer for Haptic-based Medical Training. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 271-272. Available online
Lee, Gun A., Kang, Hyun and Son, Wookho (2008): MIRAGE: A Touch Screen based Mixed Reality Interface for Space Planning Applications. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 273-274. Available online
Mitsumine, Hideki, Yamanouchi, Yuko, Fukaya, Takashi, Okubo, Hidehiko and Inoue, Seiki (2008): Camera Parameter Estimation Method Using Infrared Markers for Live TV Production. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 275-276. Available online
Nakao, Megumi, Minato, Kotaro, Kume, Naoto, Mori, Shin-ichiro and Tomita, Shinji (2008): Vertex-preserving Cutting of Elastic Objects. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 277-278. Available online
O'Gwynn, David and Johnstone, John (2008): Bezier Surface Editing Using Marker-based Augmented Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 279-280. Available online
Pfeiffer, Thies, Latoschik, Marc Erich and Wachsmuth, Ipke (2008): Conversational Pointing Gestures for Virtual Reality Interaction: Implications from an Empirical Study. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 281-282. Available online
Pustka, Daniel, Huber, Manuel and Klinker, Gudrun (2008): Integrating Gyroscopes into Ubiquitous Tracking Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 283-284. Available online
Simon, Andreas and Stern, Christian (2008): Coordination Policies for Co-located Collaborative Travel. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 285-286. Available online
Singh, H. Lally, Gracanin, Denis and Matkovic, Kresimir (2008): A Load Simulation and Metrics Framework for Distributed Virtual Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 287-288. Available online
Stafford, Aaron, Piekarski, Wayne and Thomas, Bruce H. (2008): HOG on a WIM. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 289-290. Available online
Steinicke, Frank, Ropinski, Timo, Bruder, Gerd, Hinrichs, Klaus, Frenz, Harald and Lappe, Markus (2008): A Universal Virtual Locomotion System: Supporting Generic Redirected Walking and Dynamic Passive Haptics within Legacy 3D Graphics Applications. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 291-292. Available online
Teather, Robert J. and Stürzlinger, Wolfgang (2008): Assessing the Effects of Orientation and Device on 3D Positioning. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 293-294. Available online
Veas, Eduardo E. and Schmalstieg, Dieter (2008): Creating Meaningful Environment Models for Augmented Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 295-296. Available online
Weber, Matthias, Amor, Heni Ben and Alexander, Thomas (2008): Identifying Motion Capture Tracking Markers with Self-Organizing Maps. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 297-298. Available online
Witzel, Martin, Conti, Giuseppe and Amicis, Raffaele de (2008): User-Centered Multimodal Interaction Graph for Design Reviews. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 299-300. Available online
Jeon, Seokhee and Kim, Gerard Jounghyun (2008): Providing a Wide Field of View for Effective Interaction in Desktop Tangible Augmented Reality. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 3-10. Available online
Lindeman, Robert W., Noma, Haruo and Barros, Paulo Gonçalves de (2008): An Empirical Study of Hear-Through Augmented Reality: Using Bone Conduction to Deliver Spatialized Audio. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 35-42. Available online
Axholt, Magnus, Peterson, Stephen and Ellis, Stephen R. (2008): User Boresighting for AR Calibration: A Preliminary Analysis. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 43-46. Available online
Hillaire, Sébastien, Lecuyer, Anatole, Cozot, Rémi and Casiez, Géry (2008): Using an Eye-Tracking System to Improve Camera Motions and Depth-of-Field Blur Effects in Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 47-50. Available online
Scheffler, Martin, Springer, Jan P. and Froehlich, Bernd (2008): Object-Capability Security in Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 51-58. Available online
Dodds, Trevor J. and Ruddle, Roy A. (2008): Mobile Group Dynamics in Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 59-66. Available online
Lang, Tobias, MacIntyre, Blair and Zugaza, Iker Jamardo (2008): Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds as a Platform for Augmented Reality Experiences. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 67-70. Available online
Yamamoto, Shun, Tamaki, Hidekazu, Okajima, Yuta, Okada, Ken-ichi and Bannai, Yuichi (2008): Symmetric Model of Remote Collaborative MR Using Tangible Replicas. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 71-74. Available online
Salzmann, Holger and Froehlich, Bernd (2008): The Two-User Seating Buck: Enabling Face-to-Face Discussions of Novel Car Interface Concepts. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 75-82. Available online
Schoenfelder, Ralph and Schmalstieg, Dieter (2008): Augmented Reality for Industrial Building Acceptance. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 83-90. Available online
Raij, Andrew and Lok, Benjamin (2008): IPSViz: An After-Action Review Tool for Human-Virtual Human Experiences. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 91-98. Available online
Kotranza, Aaron and Lok, Benjamin (2008): Virtual Human + Tangible Interface = Mixed Reality Human An Initial Exploration with a Virtual Breast Exam Patient. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2008 VR 2008 8-12 March, 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA. pp. 99-106. Available online
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