HARVEST: A framework for HAptic, inteRactive Virtual EnvironmentS for Tele-presence

本研究项目的主要目标是设计和实现一个框架的Haptic，交互式虚拟环境的远程呈现（收获），这将有效地支持和管理触觉视听环境（HAVE）在互联网上的远程呈现上下文中。基于HAVE的网络密集型应用程序需要在传输和应用层提供特定的支持，我们的目标就是提供这种支持。在提出HARVEST时，我们的目标是基于最近和新兴的概念，如触觉“航位推算”，在高速内联网和互联网上设计、实现和部署一个集成框架。（预测）、应用层多播和HAVE传输协议，同时提供感兴趣区域管理和分布式数据管理，以实现实时HAVE远程用于参与分布式和交互式模拟的用户组的存在应用程序。该技术可用于各种应用，如建模和动画，地球物理分析，牙科培训，虚拟博物馆，装配规划，矿山设计，手术模拟，设计评估，科学仪器控制，游戏以及危险环境中的机器人模拟和操纵。

The main goal of this research project is to design and implement a framework for HAptic, inteRactive Virtual EnvironmentS for Tele-presence (HARVEST), that would efficiently support and manage Haptic Audio Visual Environments (HAVE) in a tele-presence context on the Internet. HAVE-based network-intensive applications require specific support at the transport and application layer, and it is our goal to provide such support. In proposing HARVEST, our goal is to design, implement, and deploy an integrated framework on both high-speed Intranets and the Internet, based on recent and emerging concepts such as Haptic "Dead-Reckoning" (prediction), application layer multicasting, and HAVE transport protocols, while providing Area of Interest Management and Distributed Data Management to enable real-time HAVE Tele-Presence applications for groups of users participating in distributed and interactive simulations. The technology can be used in diverse applications such as modeling & animation, geophysical analysis, dentistry training, virtual museums, assembly planning, mine design, surgical simulation, design evaluation, control of scientific instruments, gaming, and robotic simulation and manipulation in hazardous environments.