Project Title:

Human-Machine Interface providing live human representation and interactivity in a Virtual Reality Environment

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Human-Machine Interface providing live human representation and 
interactivity in a Virtual Reality Environment

Abstract:

It is desirable for Virtual reality input devices to be minimally 
invasive to the user while being cost effective both in hardware 
and computational overhead. Additionally it is desirable to 
precisely know the position input information while faithfully 
representing a users own hands or body in the visual space. A 
traditional fiber optic glove system encumbers the user while 
providing relatively low position resolution. Other exoskeleton 
systems are more accurate at the expense of complexity and 
encumbrance. Rendering an accurate image for all such systems 
requires significant computational resources. The approach proposed 
here, using a combined laser ranging and stereoscopic imaging 
system, promises to optimize hardware cost, image quality, 
computational resource requirements and position input accuracy in 
a nonencumbering system of modest cost.

Anticipated direct application includes virtual reality input and 
gesture recognition device for broad virtual reality utilization. 
Specific early direct applications include local and remote 
interactive design, interactive training simulations and video 
conferencing. Indirect applications 
include computerized gesture recognition applied to widely 
ranging problems such as recognizing the American sign 
language for the deaf and "keyboard free" data input at 
Automated Teller Machines.

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CyberSim Systems, Inc.
3334 Richmond
Suite 205
Houston, Texas  77098