MEDIA IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Terms like Internet, cyberspace, virtual reality, in short, globalization, have been frequently words for all of us, in recent years. This refers to the phenomenon that has shaken the people of this world. Are rapidly changing due to technological advances and complex levels reaching relations between countries, corporations, partnerships and people.The attempt to understand the phenomenon of globalization is compounded when we try to understand the term, coined by Marshall McLuhan.McLuhan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and studied at the Universities of Manitoba and Cambridge, the latter of which he received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy specializing in English Literature. He taught at the universities of Wisconsin and St. Louis and University of the Assumption and Saint Michael's College, University of Toronto, where he was director of the Center for Culture and Technology.Marshall McLuhan and B. R. Powers, wrote the play, The Village Global1. The universe has become a village is the future predicted for them in the 60's. Today reality has overtaken the theory. However, this phenomenon is presented in this work, so whimsical style reminiscent of Jules Verne, but does not clarify the content of the term. While we believe that in the past there were attempts; globalize these attempts were very different from what we understand by globalization. 

Exploring the future of immersive education

Trabalho apresentado em iLRN 2016 - Workshop, Short Paper and Poster Proceedings from the Second Immersive Learning Research Network Conference, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2016.

Collaborative Web-Based Simulation Platform for Construction Project Planning

Part 13: Virtual Reality and Simulation

Aquisição e construção de modelos estáticos análogos a reservatórios petrolíferos com tecnologia lidar e georadar

The present work develops a methodology to establish a 3D digital static models petroleum reservoir analogue using LIDAR and GEORADAR technologies. Therefore, this work introduce The methodolgy as a new paradigm in the outcrop study, to purpose a consistent way to integrate plani-altimetric data, geophysics data, and remote sensing products, allowing 2D interpretation validation in contrast with 3D, complexes depositional geometry visualization, including in environmental immersive virtual reality. For that reason, it exposes the relevant questions of the theory of two technologies, and developed a case study using TerraSIRch SIR System-3000 made for Geophysical Survey Systems, and HDS3000 Leica Geosystems, using the two technologies, integrating them GOCAD software. The studied outcrop is plain to the view, and it s located at southeast Bacia do Parnaíba, in the Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões. The methodology embraces every steps of the building process shows a 3D digital static models petroleum reservoir analogue, provide depositional geometry data, in several scales for Simulation petroleum reservoir

Sistema integrado de generación de mapas de profundidad para videoconferencia 3D en tiempo real

This paper presents the implementation of a high quality real-time 3D video system intended for 3D videoconferencing -- Basically, the system is able to extract depth information from a pair of images coming from a short-baseline camera setup -- The system is based on the use of a variant of the adaptive support-weight algorithm to be applied on GPU-based architectures -- The reason to do it is to get real-time results without compromising accuracy and also to reduce costs by using commodity hardware -- The complete system runs over the GStreamer multimedia software platform to make it even more flexible -- Moreover, an autoestereoscopic display has been used as the end-up terminal for 3D content visualization

Furie, curiosité, solidarité : mise en scène de la tension dans le cinéma des frères Dardenne

Ce mémoire de recherche-création est accompagné du court métrage «Tala». Pour visionner en ligne : vimeo.com/ondemand/talapierphilippechevigny

Furie, curiosité, solidarité : mise en scène de la tension dans le cinéma des frères Dardenne

Ce mémoire de recherche-création est accompagné du court métrage «Tala». Pour visionner en ligne : vimeo.com/ondemand/talapierphilippechevigny

Efficient and precise interactive hand tracking through joint, continuous optimization of pose and correspondences

Fully articulated hand tracking promises to enable fundamentally new interactions with virtual and augmented worlds, but the limited accuracy and efficiency of current systems has prevented widespread adoption. Today's dominant paradigm uses machine learning for initialization and recovery followed by iterative model-fitting optimization to achieve a detailed pose fit. We follow this paradigm, but make several changes to the model-fitting, namely using: (1) a more discriminative objective function; (2) a smooth-surface model that provides gradients for non-linear optimization; and (3) joint optimization over both the model pose and the correspondences between observed data points and the model surface. While each of these changes may actually increase the cost per fitting iteration, we find a compensating decrease in the number of iterations. Further, the wide basin of convergence means that fewer starting points are needed for successful model fitting. Our system runs in real-time on CPU only, which frees up the commonly over-burdened GPU for experience designers. The hand tracker is efficient enough to run on low-power devices such as tablets. We can track up to several meters from the camera to provide a large working volume for interaction, even using the noisy data from current-generation depth cameras. Quantitative assessments on standard datasets show that the new approach exceeds the state of the art in accuracy. Qualitative results take the form of live recordings of a range of interactive experiences enabled by this new approach.

Laying the path to consumer-level immersive simulation environment

Since the end of the long winter of virtual reality (VR) at the beginning of the 2010 decade, many improvements have been made in terms of hardware technologies and software platforms performances and costs. Many expect such trend will continue, pushing the penetration rate of virtual reality headsets to skyrocket at some point in the future, just as mobile platforms did before. In the meantime, virtual reality is slowly transitioning from a specialized laboratory-only technology, to a consumer electronics appliance, opening interesting opportunities and challenges. In this transition, two interesting research questions amount to how 2D-based content and applications may benefit (or be hurt) by the adoption of 3D-based immersive environments and to how to proficiently support such integration. Acknowledging the relevance of the former, we here consider the latter question, focusing our attention on the diversified family of PC-based simulation tools and platforms. VR-based visualization is, in fact, widely understood and appreciated in the simulation arena, but mainly confined to high performance computing laboratories. Our contribution here aims at characterizing the simulation tools which could benefit from immersive interfaces, along with a general framework and a preliminary implementation which may be put to good use to support their transition from uniquely 2D to blended 2D/3D environments.

Design of mobility infrastructures to promote sustainability and accessibility of urban areas

This doctoral dissertation represents a cluster of research activities carried out at the DICAM Department of the University of Bologna during a three-year Ph.D. course. The goal of this research is to show how the development of an interconnected infrastructure network, aimed at promoting accessibility and sustainability of places, is fundamental in a framework of deep urban regeneration. Sustainable urban mobility plays an important role in improving the quality of life of citizens. From an environmental point of view, a sustainable mobility system means reducing fuel discharges and energy waste and, in general, aims to promote low carbon emissions. At the same time, a socially and economically sustainable mobility system should be accessible to everybody and create more job opportunities through better connectivity and mobility. Environmentally friendly means of transport such as non-motorized transport, electric vehicles, and hybrid vehicles play an important role in achieving sustainability but require a planned approach at the local policy level. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that, through a targeted reconnection of road and cycle-pedestrian routes, the quality of life of an urban area subject to degradation can be significantly improved just by increasing its accessibility and sustainability. Starting from a detailed study of the European policies and from the comparison with real similar cases, the case study of the Canal Port of Rimini (Italy) has been analysed within the European project FRAMESPORT. The analysis allowed the elaboration of a multicriterial methodology to get to the definition of a project proposal and of a priority scale of interventions. The applied methodology is a valuable tool that may be used in the future in similar urban contexts. Finally, the whole project was represented by using virtual reality to visually show the difference between the before and after the regeneration intervention.

AIRYE: Uno strumento in realtà aumentata per la produzione musicale

L’elaborato di tesi che segue si propone di ricercare una nuova linea di esperienza utente e d’interazione attraverso la tecnologia della realtà aumentata contestualizzata nel mondo della produzione musicale. La tesi analizza innanzitutto la tecnologia come strumento d’interazione, la sua storia e la sua evoluzione fino ai nostri giorni con un excursus sui campi applicativi e i device utili per avere un’esperienza completa. L’analisi prosegue attraverso un’attenta ricerca sullo stato dell’arte e sulle applicazioni di realtà aumentata nel campo della musica presenti sul mercato per giungere ad una dettagliata indagine sugli strumenti che hanno indirizzato il concept di progetto. L’output di progetto è rappresentato da un’interfaccia 2d per la parametrizzazione di alcuni settaggi fondamentali ed infine da un’interfaccia semplificata in realtà aumentata. Quest’ultima è composta prevalentemente da sliders con cui è possibile modificare dei parametri della traccia audio portando l’esperienza di produzione musicale verso una concezione democratica, semplificata e giocosa. L’obiettivo di progetto è stato quello di creare un sistema di facile utilizzo anche da parti di utenti poco esperti con i software Daw presenti sul mercato attualmente.

Impossible Space circolare per favorire la locomozione naturale

In questa relazione di tesi verrà affrontato il problema della locomozione naturale in ambienti virtuali che possiedono una grandezza maggiore dello spazio reale nel quale l'utente si muove. Negli anni sono stati sviluppati numerosi metodi di navigazione, ma tra tutti la locomozione naturale è il sistema che porta un livello di immersione maggiore nello spazio virtuale, più di qualsiasi altra tecnica. In questo lavoro di tesi verrà proposto un algoritmo in grado di favorire la locomozione naturale all'interno di lunghi spazi chiusi, andando a modificare la geometria dello spazio virtuale (che andrà ad assumere una forma circolare) e mantendendo comunque un certo grado di realismo dal punto di vista dell'utente. L'obiettivo è quello di tradurre uno spazio virtuale chiuso e lungo (caso comune: un corridoio) in una forma circolare inscritta in una stanza di 2x2m, con un approccio simile a quello degli impossible spaces, con l'obiettivo di studiare in futuro entro quale percentuale di sovrapposizione l'utente si accorge di trovarsi in una geometria impossibile. Nel primo capitolo verranno introdotti i concetti chiave di VR e AR, nonché un'introduzione all'Engine Unity e al software Blender. Nel secondo capitolo si tratterà di computer graphics, quindi si introdurranno i concetti base della grafica 3D con un focus sulla matematica alla base di ogni processo grafico. Nel terzo capitolo verrà affrontano il concetto di embodiment, quindi la percezione del proprio corpo, l'importanza dell'immersitvità dei sistemi virtuali e verrà descritto un paper precedentemente realizzato riguardante tale concetto. Nel capitolo quattro si parlerà del movimento all'interno dei sistemi di realtà virtuale, della locomozione naturale e delle tecniche per rendere tale metodo più accessibile. Nel capitolo cinque infine verrà descritto l'algoritmo realizzato e verranno mostrati i risultati.

L’efficacia dei programmi di teleriabilitazione nel trattamento post-chirurgico di spalla: una revisione sistematica della letteratura

Background: Attualmente, diversi approcci riabilitatavi vengono proposti per il miglioramento del dolore e della funzione a seguito di intervento chirurgico alla spalla. La teleriabilitazione si è rivelata una valida alternativa per l’erogazione dei servizi riabilitativi a distanza: grazie all’utilizzo delle tecnologie di telecomunicazione, è possibile fornire consulenza, valutazione, monitoraggio, intervento e educazione, superando le barriere geografiche, temporali, sociali ed economiche. Obiettivo: Lo scopo della revisione è valutare le prove di efficacia presenti in letteratura in merito all’utilizzo della teleriabilitazione per il miglioramento funzionale dei pazienti operati di spalla. Metodi: La revisione è stata redatta secondo la checklist del PRISMA statement. La ricerca è stata condotta da aprile a settembre 2022, consultando le banche dati Cochrane Library, PubMed e PEDro. La ricerca è stata limitata a studi primari sperimentali e quasi, con full-text reperibile in lingua italiana o inglese e senza limiti temporali, inerenti soggetti operati alla spalla trattati con diverse modalità di teleriabilitazione. Come elemento di confronto è stato incluso qualsiasi tipo di intervento riabilitativo convenzionale. La qualità metodologica è stata valutata con la PEDro scale. Risultati: sono stati inclusi 4 RCT e 1 CCT, che hanno indagato misure di outcome relative a: dolore, mobilità articolare, forza, abilità funzionale e qualità della vita. Dall’analisi qualitativa dei risultati degli studi si è osservato che in tutti i gruppi sperimentali si sono ottenuti miglioramenti significativi negli outcome d’interesse; in due studi è stata evidenziata una superiorità statisticamente significativa della teleriabilitazione. Conclusioni: Nonostante la revisione non sia giunta a risultati generalizzabili e di validità assoluta, la teleriabilitazione ha dimostrato di essere una modalità sicura ed efficace nel miglioramento clinico e funzionale dei soggetti operati alla spalla.

Assembly Guidance in Augmented Reality Environments Using a Virtual Interactive Tool

The application of augmented reality (AR) technology for assembly guidance is a novel approach in the traditional manufacturing domain. In this paper, we propose an AR approach for assembly guidance using a virtual interactive tool that is intuitive and easy to use. The virtual interactive tool, termed the Virtual Interaction Panel (VirIP), involves two tasks: the design of the VirIPs and the real-time tracking of an interaction pen using a Restricted Coulomb Energy (RCE) neural network. The VirIP includes virtual buttons, which have meaningful assembly information that can be activated by an interaction pen during the assembly process. A visual assembly tree structure (VATS) is used for information management and assembly instructions retrieval in this AR environment. VATS is a hierarchical tree structure that can be easily maintained via a visual interface. This paper describes a typical scenario for assembly guidance using VirIP and VATS. The main characteristic of the proposed AR system is the intuitive way in which an assembly operator can easily step through a pre-defined assembly plan/sequence without the need of any sensor schemes or markers attached on the assembly components.

Mutual occlusion between real and virtual elements in Augmented Reality based on fiducial markers

Augmented Reality (AR) systems which use optical tracking with fiducial marker for registration have had an important role in popularizing this technology, since only a personal computer with a conventional webcam is required. However, in most these applications, the virtual elements are shown only in the foreground a real element does not occlude a virtual one. The method presented enables AR environments based on fiducial markers to support mutual occlusion between a real element and many virtual ones, according to the elements position (depth) in the environment. © 2012 IEEE.