The environmental navigation using geometric virtual reality

This article explores the construction of a geometric virtual reality platform for the environmental navigation. Non-panoramic photos and wearable electronics with Bluetooth wireless transmission functions are used to combine the user’s actions with the virtual reality environment in a first-person...

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Published in:Advances in mechanical engineering 2018-06, Vol.10 (6)
Main Authors: Hu, Nien-Tsu, Tsai, Pu-Sheng, Wu, Ter-Feng, Chen, Jen-Yang, Lee, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometers
Animation
Authorship
Bluetooth
Computer & video games
Design
Mechatronics
Microcontrollers
Navigation
Product development
Production capacity
Software
Software engineering
Three axis
Three dimensional models
Virtual environments
Virtual reality
Wearable technology
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Summary:This article explores the construction of a geometric virtual reality platform for the environmental navigation. Non-panoramic photos and wearable electronics with Bluetooth wireless transmission functions are used to combine the user’s actions with the virtual reality environment in a first-person virtual reality platform. The 3ds Max animation software is used to create three-dimensional models of real buildings. These models are combined with the landscape models in Unity3d to create a virtual campus scene that matches real landscape. The wearable device included an ATMega168 chip as a microcontroller; it was connected to a three-axis accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a Bluetooth transmitter to detect and transmit various movements of the user. Although the development of the mechatronics, software, and engineering involved in the three-dimensional animation are the main objective, we believe that the methods and techniques can be modified for various purposes. After the system architecture was created and the operations of the platform were verified, wearable devices and virtual reality scenes are concluded to be able to be used together seamlessly.
ISSN:1687-8132
1687-8140
DOI:10.1177/1687814018783636