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Cyberworlds; proceedings.


9780769530055

Cyberworlds; proceedings.

International Conference on Cyberworlds (2007: Hannover, Germany) Ed. by Franz-Erich Wolter and Alexei Sourin.

Computer Society Press

2007

476 pages

$256.00

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In addition to the 35 papers selected for the October 2007 conference on cyberworlds, this volume also publishes 10 papers from a workshop on modeling virtual reality systems incorporating haptic haptic /hap·tic/ (hap´tik) tactile.

hap·tic
adj.
Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.



haptic

tactile.
 and tactile feedback and 13 papers from a second workshop on advanced mathematical methods for geometric modeling and shape analysis. The cyberworld papers explore data management, artificial intelligence, cyber ethics, virtual humans, distributed virtual environments, human interaction, and visualization. Other topics include subjective fabric evaluation, anisotropic Refers to properties that differ based on the direction that is measured. For example, an anisotropic antenna is a directional antenna; the power level is not the same in all directions. Contrast with isotropic.  bending stiffness The bending stiffness of a beam (or a plate) relates the applied bending moment to the resulting deflection of the beam. It is the product of the elastic modulus  on particles grids, fast inverse forging simulation via medial axis The medial axis is a method for representing the shape of objects by finding the topological skeleton, a set of curves which roughly run along the middle of an object.

In 2D, the medial axis of a plane curve S
 transform, encoding animated meshes in local coordinates Local coordinates are measurement indices into a local coordinate system or a local coordinate space. A simple example is using house numbers to locate a house on a street; the street is a local coordinate system within a larger system composed of city townships, , and parametric reconstruction of bent tube surfaces. No subject index is provided.

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