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Collaborative virtual reality space for analyzing numerical simulation results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

YUICHI TAMURA ,
A. KAGEYAMA ,
H. NAKAMURA ,
N. MIZUGUCHI  and
T. SATO
YUICHI TAMURA
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki, Japan
A. KAGEYAMA
Affiliation:
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
H. NAKAMURA
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki, Japan
N. MIZUGUCHI
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki, Japan
T. SATO
Affiliation:
Earth Simulator Center, Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Abstract

One of the most practical objectives for the use of virtual reality (VR) systems in science is facilitating an intuitive understanding of complex physical phenomena. We developed a VR system, called CompleXcope, which can represent a ‘real’ three-dimensional visual and aural environment. However, communication with other researchers at a remote site (VR space) regarding simulation results is difficult, since this system is very large and is not portable. Therefore, it is important to construct a multilateral communication network system, in which researchers at any remote site are equally able to observe simulation results from any point and take initiative in controlling the display of the image in a virtual environment (VE), and in which the control is simultaneously transmitted to all of the remote sites. In the present paper, we describe a collaborative virtual environment and an example in which the simulation results are applied.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1065 - 1068
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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