其用戶遍布各個應用領(lǐng)域,包括教育和心理、培訓、建筑設(shè)計、軍事航天、醫(yī)療、娛樂、圖形建模等。同時該產(chǎn)品在認知相關(guān)的科研領(lǐng)域更具競爭力,在歐美和國內(nèi)高等學府和研究機構(gòu)擁有五百個以上用。
3、良好的兼容性和交互性
3.1、與第三方虛擬現(xiàn)實配套設(shè)備的結(jié)合
Worldviz支持所有專業(yè)顯示設(shè)備,如頭戴式顯示器、立體投影儀和立體視鏡、立體顯示器;支持多種運動追蹤系統(tǒng)、數(shù)字手套、微型眼動儀、力反饋器、觸摸屏、模擬駕駛器和游戲桿等。良好的兼容性為用戶今后的實驗室拓展提供了基礎(chǔ)。
3.2、與生理信號采集設(shè)備的結(jié)合
虛擬現(xiàn)實技術(shù)作為一種全新的沉浸式呈現(xiàn)技術(shù),為心理學提供了新的研究方法和手段,通過與其他設(shè)備的配合,我們不僅僅可以采集到被試在虛擬環(huán)境中的的行為數(shù)據(jù),還能同步采集到生理數(shù)據(jù),如腦電、多導生理和眼動等。例如使用多導電生理儀,采集被試的呼吸、脈搏、腦電等指標,進而分析被試的情緒反應,或者進行生物反饋治療情緒障礙。使用頭盔內(nèi)眼動儀采集被試觀察虛擬世界時的眼動信息,為空間認知,空間記憶,社會心理學等領(lǐng)域的研究提供更客觀有效的數(shù)據(jù)。
1)、加州大學圣巴巴拉分校虛擬環(huán)境與行為研究中心
該實驗室主要致力于心理認知相關(guān)的科學研究,包括社會心理學、視覺、空間認知等,并有大量論文在國際知名刊物發(fā)表,具體詳見論文列表。
2)、邁阿密大學心理與計算機科學實驗室
研究領(lǐng)域:空間認知
3、加拿大滑鐵盧大學心理系
設(shè)備: WorldViz Vizard 3D software toolkit, WorldViz PPT H8 optical inertial hybrid wide-area tracking system, NVIS nVisor SX head-mounted display, Arrington Eye Tracker
研究領(lǐng)域:行為科學
部分發(fā)表論文: Colin Ellard (2009). Where am I? Why we can find our way to the Moon but get lost in the mall. Toronto: Harper Collins Canada.
Journal Articles: Colin Ellard and Lori Wagar (2008). Plasticity of the association between visual space and action space in a blind-walking task. Perception, 37(7), 1044-1053.
Colin Ellard and Meghan Eller (2009). Spatial cognition in the gerbil: Computing optimal escape routes from visual threats. Animal Cognition, 12(2), 333-345.
Posters: Kevin Barton and Colin Ellard (2009). Finding your way: The influence of global spatial intelligibility and field-of-view on a wayfinding task. Poster session presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (Link To Poster)
Brian Garrison and Colin Ellard (2009). The connection effect in the disconnect between peripersonal and extrapersonal space. Poster session presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. (Link To Poster)
4、美國斯坦福大學信息學院虛擬人交互實驗室
設(shè)備: WorldViz Vizard 3D software toolkit, WorldViz PPT X8 optical inertial hybrid wide-area tracking system, NVIS nVisor SX head-mounted display, Complete Characters avatar package
Our research programs tend to fall under one of three larger questions:
1. What new social issues arise from the use of immersive VR communication systems?
2. How can VR be used as a basic research tool to study the nuances of face-to-face interaction?
3. How can VR be applied to improve everyday life, such as legal practices, and communications systems.
5、加州大學圣迭戈分校神經(jīng)科學實驗室
設(shè)備: WorldViz Vizard 3D software toolkit, WorldViz PPT X8 optical inertial hybrid wide-area tracking system, NVIS nVisor SX head-mounted display