Mixed reality simulators

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dc.contributor.authorAusmeier, Natalie Jean
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T10:08:24Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T10:08:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Johannesburg, May 2017.
dc.description.abstractVirtual Reality (VR) is widely used in training simulators of dangerous or expensive vehicles such as aircraft or heavy mining machinery. The vehicles often have very complicated controls that users need to master before attempting to operate a real world version of the machine. VR allows users to safely train in a simulated environment without the risk of injury or damaging expensive equipment in the field. VR however visually cuts off the user from the real environment,whichmayobtainobstructions. Usersareunabletosafelymoveorgesturewhilewearing aVRheadset. Additionallyusersareunabletousestandardinputdevicessuchasmiceandkeyboards. Bymixinginaliveviewofthetherealworld,theusercanstillseeandinteractwiththe physical environment. The contribution of this research is presenting ways of using Mixed RealitytoenhancetheuserexperienceoftraditionalVRbasedsimulators. MixedRealityimproves on traditional VR simulators by allowing the user the safety and freedom of not being cut off from the real world, allowing interaction and the tactile feedback of interacting with complex physical controls, while still allowing simultaneous use of virtual controls and by adding a real world reference point to aid in diminishing simulator sickness caused by visual motionen_ZA
dc.description.librarianGR2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipA dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Scienceen_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (xi, 89 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationAusmeier, Natalie Jean (2017) Mixed reality simulators, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23746>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/23746
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVirtual reality
dc.subject.lcshHuman-computer interaction
dc.titleMixed reality simulatorsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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