• International Journal of Contents
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.6-9
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• 2011

Currently, the argument that humanity will eventually reside in some sort of a simulated environment with unlimited resources is actively being discussed in the realm of science and engineering. This paper addresses the issue from the perspective of computer engineering, more specifically in terms of the future gaming environment which is very likely to be brought to us in the form of virtual reality probably in the not-so-distant future. In so doing, Bostrom's simulation argument[1]and Kurzweil's singularity[5] are reviewed, and how our future adobe indistinguishable from our 'real' reality that may be attained by explosive technological advancement relates to the future gaming environment. The problem of human consciousness which is inevitably intertwined with the issue of living in a virtual reality environment is also addressed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2018

다양한 정보통신기술의 발달로 인하여 기존 이러닝 등의 2차원적 학습 콘텐츠 한계를 극복할 수 있는 한 가지 방안으로 3차원적 가상현실 활용 가능성에 대한 모색이 이루어지고 있다. 특히 가상현실에서의 화면 구성은 학습에 직 간접적으로 영향을 미치는 감성을 유발할 수 있는 가능성을 지닌다. 하지만 화면의 어떠한 측면이 감성을 유발하는지에 대한 연구는 미흡하다. 본 연구는 감성을 유발할 수 있는 가상현실 학습 환경에서의 화면 구성 요소에 대한 사용자 인식을 분석하는 목적을 지닌다. 대표적인 가상현실 학습 환경 플랫폼 주요 화면에 대한 사용자의 인식을 확인하기 위해 다차원척도(Multi Dimensional Scaling, MDS)분석법을 활용하였다. 연구 결과, 사용자는 화면에서의 공간의 깊이 차원과 아바타 등의 움직임에 해당하는 역동성 차원에서 감성을 유발할 수 있다는 점을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 가상현실에서의 화면 요소중 감성을 유발할 수 있는 기술적 변인을 탐색해 보는데 의의를 지닌다.

• 한국컴퓨터게임학회논문지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2018

가상현실은 사용자에게 현실 세계와 분리된 환경을 구현하는 기술이며, 분리된 환경을 구현하기 위해서 몰입도가 중요한 요소로 자리 잡고 있다. 하지만 이와 같은 분리된 환경으로 인해서 주변 환경에 대한 인식의 부족이 불안정한 가상현실 게임 환경으로 이어질 수 있기 때문에 이를 해결하기 위해서 다양한 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 대부분의 연구가 시각화를 통해 문제를 해결하는 것에 집중하고 있다. 한편, 시각화는 일반적으로 가상현실의 공간과는 관계가 없는 정보이기 때문에 이것이 적용되는 가상현실의 몰입도에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 몰입도는 개인마다 성향 차이가 있으며, 몰입도에 영향을 끼치는 요소들이 다양하기 때문에 이를 고려한 가이드라인이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 이 두 가지 문제를 해결하기 위해서 몰입도 성향에 따른 설문과 주변 환경에 대한 정보를 시각화하여 전달하는 두 개의 시스템에 대한 실험을 진행하고자 한다. 개인의 몰입도 성향을 측정하고, 이를 성향별로 구분지어 시각화가 가상현실 게임에 미치는 영향을 확인하여 이 결과를 통해 개인의 몰입도 성향에 따른 가상현실 게임 환경 조성에 대한 가이드라인을 제시하고자 한다.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.49-71
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• 2017

The purpose of the study was to identify key design features of virtual reality with head-mounted displays (HMD) and touchless interface for the hearing-impaired and hard-of-hearing learners. The virtual reality based training program was aimed to help hearing-impaired learners in machine operating learning, which requires spatial understanding to operate. We developed an immersive virtual learning environment prototype with an HMD (Oculus Rift) and a touchless natural user interface (Leap Motion) to identify the key design features required to enhance virtual reality for the hearing-impaired and hard-of-hearing learners. Two usability tests of the prototype were conducted, which revealed that several features in the system need revision and that the technology presents an enormous potential to help hearing-impaired learners by providing realistic and immersive learning experiences. After the usability tests of hearing-impaired students' exploring the 3D virtual space, interviews were conducted, which also established that further revision of the system is needed, which would take into account the learners' physical as well as cognitive characteristics.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.59-75
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• 2021

This study aims to establish a foundation for autonomous driving on campus and communication of abundant university information in the HCI environment in a VR environment where college freshmen can freely travel around campus facilities. The purpose of this study is to develop a three-dimensional VR-style campus tour system to establish a media environment to provide abundant university information guidance services to freshmen in non-face-to-face situations. This study designed a three-dimensional virtual reality campus tour system to solve the problem of discontinuity in which VR360 filming space does not lead to space like reality, and to solve many problems of expertise in VR technology by constructing an integrated production environment of tour system. We aim to solve the problem of inefficiency, which requires a large amount of momentum in virtual space, by constructing a GUI that utilizes the motion of the field of view focus. The campus environment was designed as a three-dimensional virtual reality using a three-dimensional graphic design. In non-face-to-face situations, college freshmen freely transformed the HMD VR device, smartphone, FPS operation mode of the gyroscope sensor. The design elements of the three-dimensional virtual reality campus tour system were classified as ①Visualization of factual experiences, ②Continuity of space movement, ③Operation, automatic operation mode, ④Natural landscape animation, ⑤Animation according to wind direction, ⑥Actual space movement mode, ⑦Informatization of spatial understanding, ⑧GUI by experience environment, ⑨Text GUI by building, ⑩VR360, 3D360 Studio Environment, ⑪Three-dimensional virtual space coupling block module, ⑫3D360-3D Virtual Space Transmedia Zone, ⑬Transformable GUI(VR Device Dual Viewer-Gyro Sensor Full Viewer-FPS Operation Viewer) and an integrated production environment was established with each element. It is launched online (http://vautu.com/u1) by constructing a GUI for free driving mode and college information screens to adapt to college life for freshmen, and designing an environment that can be used simultaneously by current media such as PCs, Android, and iPads. Therefore, it conducted user research, held a development presentation, a forum on excellence in university innovation support projects, and applied it as a system on the website of a particular university. College freshmen will be able to experience university information directly from the web and app to the virtual reality campus environment.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.84-89
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• 2003

The virtual reality(VR) technology can provide various stimuli, including, visual and auditory stimuli, simultaneously in the virtual environment and encourage the user to interact. Virtual reality is a set of computer technologies, which when combined, provide an interactive interface to a computer generated world. In this world the subject can see, hear and navigate in a dynamically changing environment in which he participates as an active player, by modifying the environment according to his will. Moreover, the subject can get a feeling for the virtual environment in much the same way as one feels real life situations. In the real world, a plethora of information from various modalities may be in conflict, and modulate each other to form an illusion. In this study we investigated whether a tactile illusion on a real hand could be evoked by a virtual stimulus, the time required to generate this illusion and its duration. This study shows that the illusion occurred, and that was correlated with presence score in the virtual environment.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.233-246
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• 2022

Purpose : The study aims to determine the effects of virtual and non-virtual realities in a normal person's mirror walk on gait characteristics. Methods : Twenty male adults (Age: 27.8 ± 5.8 years) participated in the study. Reflection markers were attached to the subjects for motion analysis, and they walked in virtual reality environments with mirrors by wearing goggles that showed them the virtual environments. After walking in virtual environments, the subjects walked in non-virtual environments with mirrors a certain distance away after taking a 5 min break. To prevent the order effect caused by the experiential difference of gait order, the subjects were randomly classified into groups of 10 and the order was differentiated. During each walk, an infrared camera was used to detect motion and the marker positions were saved in real time. Results : Comparison between the virtual and non-virtual reality mirror walks showed that the movable range of the leg joints (ankle, knee, and hip joints), body joints (sacroiliac and atlantoaxial joints), and arm joints (shoulder and wrist joints) significantly differed. Temporal characteristics showed that compared to non-virtual gaits, the virtual gaits were slower and the cycle time and double limb support time of virtual gaits were longer. Furthermore, spacial characteristics showed that compared to non-virtual gaits, virtual gaits had shorter steps and stride lengths and longer stride width and horizontally longer center of movement. Conclusion : The reduction in the joint movement in virtual reality compared to that in non-virtual reality is due to adverse effects on balance and efficiency during walking. Moreover, the spatiotemporal characteristics change based on the gait mechanisms for balance, exhibiting that virtual walks are more demanding than non-virtual walks. However, note that the subject group is a normal group with no abnormalities in gait and balance and it is unclear whether the decrease in performance is due to the environment or fear. Therefore, the effects of the subject group's improvement and fear on the results need to be analyzed in future studies.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2020

Objective: The purpose of this study is to apply exercise learning effect to various subjects through training effect and information accumulation based on verification of the effect on dumbbell curl exercises applied with virtual reality. Method: To analyze the effect on the dumbbell curl exercise in the virtual environment, a total of 20 persons with 10 males and 10 females who does not have orthopedics diseases were selected. The dumbbell weight of the subjects was set to a weight of 70% strength of 1RM. At this time, the virtual environment situation was set to four types; presence/absence of virtual environment, preferred colors, and unfavorable colors to perform dumbbell curl exercise. The anaysis of muscle activity was conducted by adhering four surface electrodes (Biceps Brachii, Triceps Brachii, Brachioradialis Muscle, Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus Muscle) on the right upper limbs. Independent sample t-test using SPSS (24.0) program was carried out to analyze average values and standard deviations for each variable depending on the presence/absence of virtual environments and changes in color (preferred colors, unfavorable colors) and the level of significance was set to a=.05. Results: In the eccentric contraction, males showed high muscle activity in the Biceps Brachii under virtual reality. On the other hand, females had high muscle activity in the Biceps Brachii in the absence of virtual reality. Also, in case of a change of colors in the virtual environment, females had the high muscle activity in the unfavorable color in the eccentric contraction. Conclusion: During the dumbbell curl exercise, results of different exercises present depending on gender. When males put VR on and performs a basic dumbbell curl exercise, the effect of Biceps presents Brachii for them while exercising in unfavorable colors. However, since it is the basic research data of muscle exercise using virtual reality, it is necessary to verify whether or not it is effective for myopachynsis through long-term training rather than unity.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.117-120
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• 2004

몰입형 가상현실 시스템은 3차원 탄성파, 검층자료, 해석단면 등 다양한 지하정보를 3차원 공간에 시각화 하고 분석하는데 효과적이다. 이러한 시스템은 석유나 가스 탐사에 중요한 도구로서 사용될 수 있지만, 고가의 제작비용으로 인해 특수한 분야에만 제한적으로 사용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 몰입감을 극대화 시킬 수 있는 가상현실 시스템인 CAVE(Cave Automatic Virtual Environment)를 일반 PC와 프로젝터를 이용하여 적은 비용으로 구축한 사례를 제시한다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 인터페이스 속의 가상환경을 현실로 옮겨오는 방법으로 환경인터페이스를 제시하고 실제 환경에서 감각할 수 있는 가상에 대한 경험을 설명하고자 한다. 실제 환경과의 구분 없는 가상을 표현하기 위한 인터페이스의 조건으로 인터페이스의 투명성과 공감각을 확대하는 상호 작용성에 대해 논의하고, 이러한 조건을 충족하는 환경인터페이스의 구성과 필연성에 대한 논의를 정립함으로서 확장된 경험을 유도하는 실제 환경에서 연장되는 인터페이스, 상호작용에 의한 환경으로의 인지 확대, 이 조건들로 인한 환경으로의 몰입을 위한 가상을 현실화하기 위한 도구로서 환경인터페이스에 대해 논의한다.