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Immersive Virtual Reality Training Tool for IoT Device Placement

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Abraham G. CampbellAuthors Info & Claims

SIMUTOOLS '17: Proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Pages 81 - 86

https://doi.org/10.1145/3173519.3173521

Published: 11 September 2017 Publication History

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The Internet of Things promises to revolutionise our lives but for all the largescale research into the field, one area has been neglected. This is the simple task of training staff to correctly place devices in an environment to create an ad-hoc wireless network that these devices require to be connected.

This training must include reference to obstacles and signals propagation models. Give the user a solid knowledge base by visually showing how the interconnectivity can take place and finally model aspects of the propagation including reflection and diffraction. This paper will outline the results of the creation of VR simulation of a generic space where IoT devices can be placed, and then evaluated in real time to test if their placement will be a viable network. To achieve this, the UNITY game engine is used for developing and HTC VIVE is used for testing.

Three models with different modes were successfully built in this project starting with a simple 'Virtual Room' case and followed by the 3D model of our university. The last model is a more realistic one with consideration of obstacles and signals propagation models.

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Naranjo JSanchez DRobalino-Lopez ARobalino-Lopez PAlarcon-Ortiz AGarcia M(2020)A Scoping Review on Virtual Reality-Based Industrial TrainingApplied Sciences10.3390/app1022822410:22(8224)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2020
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Blaga AFrutos-Pascual MCreed CWilliams IBernhaupt RMueller FVerweij DAndres JMcGrenere JCockburn AAvellino IGoguey ABjørn PZhao SSamson BKocielnik R(2020)Too Hot to Handle: An Evaluation of the Effect of Thermal Visual Representation on User Grasping Interaction in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3313831.3376554(1-16)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2020
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Index Terms

Immersive Virtual Reality Training Tool for IoT Device Placement
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
    2. Interactive systems and tools

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SIMUTOOLS '17: Proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

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DOI:10.1145/3173519

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Dalia Blaga AFrutos-Pascual MCreed CWilliams I(2021)Freehand Grasping: An Analysis of Grasping for Docking Tasks in Virtual Reality2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)10.1109/VR50410.2021.00102(749-758)Online publication date: Mar-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/VR50410.2021.00102
Naranjo JSanchez DRobalino-Lopez ARobalino-Lopez PAlarcon-Ortiz AGarcia M(2020)A Scoping Review on Virtual Reality-Based Industrial TrainingApplied Sciences10.3390/app1022822410:22(8224)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/app10228224
Blaga AFrutos-Pascual MCreed CWilliams IBernhaupt RMueller FVerweij DAndres JMcGrenere JCockburn AAvellino IGoguey ABjørn PZhao SSamson BKocielnik R(2020)Too Hot to Handle: An Evaluation of the Effect of Thermal Visual Representation on User Grasping Interaction in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3313831.3376554(1-16)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3313831.3376554

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