Augmented reality (AR)

Why do we need to live in a smart city?

With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated.

The long-standing cultural imperative of augmenting human intellect continues to move ever closer to its full manifestation, described by Marshall McLuhan as an extension of the human nervous system.

3D point clouds have broad applications across various industries and have contributed to advancements in fields such as autonomous driving, immersive media, metaverse, and cultural heritage protection.

Drawing on the art historical framing of Location, Place, and Identity, this book will examine how the factors of Immersion, Presence, and Interactivity of XR are shaping our understanding of the world and our place within it.

Metaverse is an emerging trend these days.

The book includes original unpublished contributions presented in First International Conference on Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Smart Applications (RAAISA 2023), organized by Department of CSE, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India during 14 - 15 December 2023.

This LNCS conference set constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Extended Reality, ICXR 2024, Xiamen, China, held during November 14–17, 2024.

This book provides excellent examples of metaverse and virtual reality and their unlimited possibilities for education and industry.

This book features original papers from 25th International Symposium on Frontiers of Research in Speech and Music (FRSM 2020), jointly organized by National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India, during 8-9 October 2020.

This book gathers the recent advances in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).

The book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures.

This book presents contributions which discuss the impact of eXtended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies considered jointly in the fields of Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design.

This book focuses on the design, development, and analysis of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR)-based systems, along with the technological impacts and challenges in social learning.

This book concisely describes the technologies, human perception, and cognition issues relevant to autonomous vehicles.

Digitalization and automation are leading to fundamental changes in the industrial landscape.

This book examines two topics in the context of product design and enabling technologies: User eXperience (UX) and eXtended Reality (XR).

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the First  Workshop on Artificial Intelligence with and for Learning Sciences - Past, Present, and Future Horizons, WAILS 2024, held in Salerno, Italy, during January 18-19, 2024.

As an efficient 3D vision solution, point clouds have been widely applied into diverse engineering scenarios, including immersive media communication, autonomous driving, reverse engineering, robots, topography mapping, digital twin city, medical analysis, digital museum, etc.

From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike.

This book addresses emerging issues in usability, interface design, human-computer interaction, user experience and assistive technology.

This edited volume encompasses chapters on novel and innovative research in the applications of leading digital technologies in an accessible and engaging way.

This book discusses the use of converged technology, a rapidly growing area that enhancements smart devices, communication, Internet of things (IoT), and augmented reality (AR).

This book focuses on the challenges to biomedical education posed by the lockdowns and restrictions to on campus teaching brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the tools and digital visualization technologies that have been successfully developed and used for remote teaching.

This book is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts interested in unraveling the potential and promises of virtual reality, delving into its applications, challenges, and the exciting path that lies ahead.

This book proposes a novel body image to bridge gap between self-transformation and preserving sense of self: the Jizai body.

This book explores the diverse methods and facets of communication in the metaverse, from interpersonal relationships to health communication, and from collaboration in the workplace to social interaction in educational contexts.

In einer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt gewinnen biometrische Technologien rasant an Bedeutung.

This book discusses Metaverse Technology, which is one of the emerging technologies around the world, through its concepts, definitions, architectural layers, economic implications, and presents comparison points with other allied areas like Web 3.

This book is the first research monograph that explores a new research field and practical applications produced by the combined use of two of the most advanced and powerful technologies available in today's world - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR).

As technology continues to advance, the Internet is evolving into what is often referred to as Web 3.

The metaverse (no matter in which definition and sometimes even without.

This book collects contributions which showcase the impact of new augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies considered jointly in the fields of cultural heritage and innovative design.

The long-standing cultural imperative of augmenting human intellect continues to move ever closer to its full manifestation, described by Marshall McLuhan as an extension of the human nervous system.

This book presents the latest advances in modeling and simulation for human factors research.

This book presents the select proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Sports Engineering (ICSE 2023).

This book addresses emerging issues in usability, interface design, human-computer interaction, user experience and assistive technology.

This book examines two topics in the context of product design and enabling technologies: User eXperience (UX) and eXtended Reality (XR).

This book gathers the recent advances in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).

With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated.

From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike.

Explore Meta Spark Studio, a program used for augmented reality (AR) effect creation and deployment across multiple social media channels.

This book is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts interested in unraveling the potential and promises of virtual reality, delving into its applications, challenges, and the exciting path that lies ahead.

As the second volume of the "e;Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline: Research and Practice"e; series of monographs, this book introduces the implementation strategies, examples and technical roadmaps of two important aspects of the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline construction: pipeline real-time data integration and pipeline network virtual reality system.

This book discusses the cutting-edge intersection of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) and research on building occupants.

This book is aimed to help instructional designers, science game designers, science faculty, lab designers, and content developers in designing interactive learning experiences using emerging technologies and cyberlearning.

This book gathers a collection of selected works and new research results of scholars and graduate students presented at the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR 2022) via the Internet, during July 22-24 2022, hosted and organized by Sojo University in conjunction with other three universities and Beijing Huaxia Rongzhi Blockchain Technology Institute.

This monograph explores the synergy of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and cognitive processes to enhance spatial abilities - an integral aspect of cognitive development.

The aim of this edited book is to provide a point of reference for the latest advancements in the different fields of interactive media applied in Digital Cultural Heritage research, ranging from visual data acquisition, classification, analysis and synthesis, 3D modelling and reconstruction, to new forms of interactive media presentation, visualization and immersive experience provision via extended reality, collaborative spaces, serious games and digital storytelling.

This edited volume encompasses chapters on novel and innovative research in the applications of leading digital technologies in an accessible and engaging way.