... towards Real Virtuality

...走向真正的虚拟

• 批准号: EP/G001634/1
• 负责人: David Howard
• 金额: $ 23.39万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG001634%2F1
• 关键词: ...; towards; Real; Virtuality

We rely on our senses to interact with the world around us. Do we actually need to travel to be somewhere to experience it fully? This project will develop a virtual cocoon through which people can interact naturally with the world without actually travelling or being put in that particular, potentially dangerous, real situation. All five senses will be stimulated to provide a rich sensory real virtuality experience. A key feature behind this real virtuality project is the attention to be paid to the degree of naturalness perceived by the user in the virtual world. The virtual cocoon will revolutionise the way in which we do business by providing low-cost, high confidence, high quality multi-sensory knowledge directly to your current location. This will significantly change, for example, purchasing via the internet because you could smell the flowers, feel the fabric of a dress, try out a sofa for comfort, examine products in any desired lighting condition, etc, all before you buy them, and with the confidence that the purchasing experience is the same as if you were there in the shop examining the product using all your appropriate senses. The virtual cocoon could even be linked to, for example Google Earth, to enable you to investigate the ambiance of a restaurant on the other side of the world when you are planning your trip.Furthermore with a virtual cocoon, you could visit an African game park as a family, even if some members are distributed around the world; select your desired listening position at a concert in the Albert Hall; design comfort levels and sensory aesthetics for new buildings or refurbishments; explore hypotheses about site utilisation such as the perception of prehistoric cave art as it was being painted; examine a patient in a remote location from a local GP's consulting room; visit ancient Rome during History or Latin lessons; be trained as a pilot to land in brown out conditions in the desert; gain experience as a driver in rare, but highly dangerous conditions; or mock up digitally organisational workflow incorporating environmental as well as locational attributes. What will people make of virtual cocoons and how will they change tomorrow's society? We cannot yet say what the exact nature of the virtual cocoon will be to achieve widespread adoption and economic success, but we do assume it will need to be low-cost, easy to interface with and highly portable, ideally something you can keep in your pocket. These issues will also be thought through in substantial details via series of activities whcih will bring together leading academics and industry. There will also be a number of opportunities for the general public to join in this thinking through open public debates lead by experts who will put opposing views to stimulate discussion..

我们依靠感官与周围的世界互动。我们真的需要旅行到某个地方才能完全体验它吗？这个项目将开发一个虚拟的茧，通过它人们可以与世界自然地互动，而不必实际旅行或被置于那种特殊的、潜在的危险的真实的情况中。所有五种感官都将受到刺激，以提供丰富的感官真实的虚拟体验。这个真实的虚拟项目背后的一个关键特征是关注用户在虚拟世界中感知的自然程度。虚拟茧将通过直接向您当前位置提供低成本，高信心，高质量的多感官知识来彻底改变我们开展业务的方式。这将大大改变，例如，通过互联网购买，因为你可以闻到鲜花的味道，感觉到衣服的面料，尝试舒适的沙发，在任何所需的照明条件下检查产品等，所有这些都在你购买之前，并且相信购买体验就像你在商店里使用所有适当的感官检查产品一样。虚拟茧甚至可以连接到，例如，谷歌地球，使您能够调查的氛围，在世界的另一边的餐厅，当您计划您的旅行。此外，与虚拟茧，您可以访问一个非洲游戏公园作为一个家庭，即使一些成员分布在世界各地;选择您想要的聆听位置在音乐会在阿尔伯特音乐厅;为新建筑或翻新设计舒适度和感官美学;探索关于场地利用的假设，例如史前洞穴艺术的感知，因为它正在被粉刷;从当地全科医生的咨询室检查远程位置的病人;在历史或拉丁语课程期间参观古罗马;作为一名飞行员接受培训，在沙漠中的灯光不足的条件下降落;在罕见但高度危险的条件下获得驾驶经验;或者模拟数字化组织工作流程，将环境和位置属性结合起来。人们将如何利用虚拟茧，它们将如何改变明天的社会？我们还不能说虚拟茧的确切性质是什么，以实现广泛的采用和经济上的成功，但我们确实认为它需要低成本，易于接口和高度便携，理想的是你可以放在口袋里。这些问题也将通过一系列活动，其中将汇集领先的学者和行业的实质性细节思考。公众也将有许多机会通过由专家领导的公开辩论参与这一思考，专家们将提出相反的观点以激发讨论。

项目成果

Real virtuality

真实虚拟

• DOI: 10.1145/1980462.1980466
• 发表时间: 2009
• 作者: Chalmers A