Realistic interactions with micro-objects in a virtual environment

Maria di Summa; Nicola Mosca; Luciana Colella; Vittorio Bianco; Pietro Ferraro; Ettore Stella

doi:10.1117/12.2678665

9 August 2023 Realistic interactions with micro-objects in a virtual environment

Maria di Summa, Nicola Mosca, Luciana Colella, Vittorio Bianco, Pietro Ferraro, Ettore Stella

Proceedings Volume 12621, Multimodal Sensing and Artificial Intelligence: Technologies and Applications III; 126210R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678665
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2023, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The term Metaverse was introduced in 1992. Lately, the concept has become a popular buzzword in the general public, thanks to Meta. And yet, its intrinsic reliance on the convergence between enabling technologies such as virtual reality, the internet, and social networks cannot be understated. It might prove a powerful tool for enhancing data discovery and interpretation, especially considering a collaborative setup. The work presented here aims to investigate the interaction between a real user and digital objects in a virtual world to understand which aspects of attention must be focused on to obtain a natural and comfortable use. Our work involved the generation of Metaballs and the interaction with them by a user in a virtual environment. Metaballs are particular implicit surfaces of arbitrary typology, widely used in Computer Graphics to model curved objects. The ”organic” look and feel of how they interact with each other and their resemblance to soft tissues have proved a natural fit for tasks such as surgery simulation. Still, these implicit surfaces can represent even real objects at an even smaller scale, like cells of living organisms, and the ability to comfortably interact with this supersized version of real objects could open the door to new possibilities.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Maria di Summa, Nicola Mosca, Luciana Colella, Vittorio Bianco, Pietro Ferraro, and Ettore Stella "Realistic interactions with micro-objects in a virtual environment", Proc. SPIE 12621, Multimodal Sensing and Artificial Intelligence: Technologies and Applications III, 126210R (9 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678665

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available