Estimation of Visually Perceptual Information for Natural Interaction With Virtual Objects

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24500155
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Media informatics/Database
• Research Institution: Kanagawa Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Masahiro 神奈川工科大学, ヒューマンメディア研究センター, 客員研究員 (30397046)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): UEHIRA Kazutake 神奈川工科大学, 情報学部, 教授 (50339892)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ヒューマンインタフェース / マルチモーダルインタフェース / ヒューマンコンピュータインタラクション / バーチャルリアリティ / 拡張現実 / 複合現実感 / 臨場感コミュニケーション / ユーザビリティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied a new technique in which users are able to interact with virtual objects as naturally as to interact with real objects when they interact with virtual objects directly by their bodies such as hands. The results were as follows. (1) We established a technique in which the system can get visually perceptual information of virtual objects by formularization of users’ body movements as a function of time. (2) We demonstrated that we were able to achieve smooth and natural interaction between users and virtual objects by using the technique that we established. (3) We examined other applications of our technique, i.e., a system that can support users’ behavior for avoiding from danger, and demonstrated the feasibility of such applications.

Free Research Field

情報学