Building on our main fields of expertise – Virtual Reality and Virtual Computing – VRVis has until now mainly dealt with the visual sense: as an output stream of data to the user in the form of interactive graphics and virtual and mixed environments, and as an input modality in the form of image and video processing. We also research Immersive Analytics, to find new ways to free the analytics process from the desktop screen by combining Extended reality (XR), Human-computer-interaction (HCI) and Visualization.Many of the methods and technologies involved in successfully implementing a virtual environment, e.g. user tracking, real-time collision detection for interaction and registration techniques are applicable to other sensory channels such as haptics, sound and even olfactory stimuli.
Geographic information systems (GIS) are an integral part of all urban and rural land use planning. VRVis integrates the methods of Extended Reality (XR) into the representation of this geographic information. This includes not only pure cartographic information, but also meta-information and semantic analysis. For years, for example, research work has been carried out with the Institute of Military Geodesy on the implementation of visualization and analysis methods in virtual environments. This allows large amounts of data with geographic referencing to be interactively evaluated and combined. Especially in tactical planning - for instance in disaster relief operations - the integration of the analyses of several experts to form one consistent strategy is very important. Our research therefore strongly aims at collaborative analysis and visualization in XR.
The group’s research also includes 2D to 3D conversion methods, scanning technology and 3D printing and computer aided machining. This allows for example to make data accessible to blind and visually impaired people, with a special focus on art in a museum context. The Multiple Senses group closely cooperates with the Visual Analytics group and the Geospatial Visualization, Semantic Modelling, and Acquisition Group. The research field of Multiple Senses provides new and innovative interaction methods and output technologies to the Visual Analytics group, whereas the GeoSMAQ group is supporting the development for acquisition methods for multiple senses and the exploration of new environments for planetary sciences.
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Geographic Information System & Visualization
Multi-sensory interfaces
Collaborative methods in Virtual Reality
Real-time sensors and associated data processing
Innovative output devices
3D Printing and Computer Aided Machining
The expertise of our Multiple Senses research group is in high demand – read all about it in various recent press articles:
VRVis developed a virtual environment that enables hazard-free training of safe ammunition storage for the Austrian Armed Forces Logistics School.
VRVis developed together with the Museum Graz a new tactile panorama relief for the unique view from Graz's Schlossberg.
Automatic creation of visualization models in VR through interface from GIS to XR enables faster mission planning.
No blind spots on train roofs thanks to depth cameras.
The Beaucoup project's multisensory, inclusive toolsets enable barrier-free exploration of and interaction with cultural heritage targeted at older adults.
The CosmoWeather research project aims to develop VR and AR solutions for experts and the general public to make the research field of space weather more accessible and understandable.
VR and AR provide new solutions for the automotive industry, especially in the prototyping phase: Perfect digital VR twins can be used to easily check how new designs or adaptations affect the prototype.
The research project CognitiveXR focuses on developing a platform that enables cognitive augmentation in the smart city domain by seamlessly integrating augmented reality, edge computing, and artificial intelligence.
The virtual reality solution developed by VRVis in collaboration with the Vienna State Opera enables digital collaborative stage design and construction rehearsal processes - independent of the actual stage space.
The applied research project Lightbox 2.0 focuses on the development of a photogrammetric 3D scanner for automatic and deep learning-based modeling of all kinds of keys.
An augmented reality solution for optimizing process development in laboratories and monitoring ongoing experiments supports pharmaceutical research.
Development of extended reality technologies to create virtual maneuver scenarios based on real geographic data.
XREye synthesizes innovative VR, eye-tracking, and visual simulation technologies for simulating visual impairments in virtual and augmented reality.
New technologies and security policy developments bring a paradigm shift for the Austrian armed forces. The use of information and communication measures entails both challenges and opportunities: for combat, security and rescue manoeuvres.
ARCHES - Accessible Resources for Cultural Heritage EcoSystems was an EU-funded Horizon2020 project coordinated by VRVis.
Fire training for non-professionals is expensive, complicated and dangerous. The solution: a simulation in a virtual environment.
Barrier-free access to art and museums for blind and visually impaired people through 3D technology.
With Augmented Reality, simulation results of car engine noises become visible.
With the KAUST Scene Generator three-dimensional road networks can be generated from open-source OpenStreetMap data.
Localization of Virtual Sound Sources: Effects of Pointing Method, Visual Environment, and Training.
In order to preserve the architectural heritage, we use methods of photogrammetry, thermography, photometry as well as laser scans to carry out inventories, recognition and documentation of changes in protected buildings.
