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The virtual reality (VR) provides us a three-dimensional, immersive, and fully interactive visualization environment. To make the best use of the VR's potential in scientific visualization, a VR visualization software named VFIVE has been…

Geophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Akira Kageyama , Nobuaki Ohno

Virtual knot theory has experienced a lot of nice features that did not appear in classical knot theory, e.g., parity and picture-valued invariants. In the present paper we use virtual knot theory effects to construct new representations of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-03-03 V. O. Manturov , I. M. Nikonov

Personal computers and handheld devices provide keyboard shortcuts and swipe gestures to enable users to efficiently switch between applications, whereas today's virtual reality (VR) systems do not. In this work, we present an exploratory…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Matt Gottsacker , Yahya Hmaiti , Mykola Maslych , Hiroshi Furuya , Jasmine Joyce DeGuzman , Gerd Bruder , Gregory F. Welch , Joseph J. LaViola

We introduce the problem of knot-based inverse perceptual art. Given multiple target images and their corresponding viewing configurations, the objective is to find a 3D knot-based tubular structure whose appearance resembles the target…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Aalok Gangopadhyay , Paras Gupta , Tarun Sharma , Prajwal Singh , Shanmuganathan Raman

Virtual Lab by Quantum Flytrap explores novel ways to represent quantum phenomena interactively and intuitively. It is a no-code online laboratory with a real-time simulation of an optical table, supporting up to three entangled photons.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-24 Piotr Migdał , Klementyna Jankiewicz , Paweł Grabarz , Chiara Decaroli , Philippe Cochin

Virtual knot theory, introduced by Kauffman, is a generalization of classical knot theory of interest because its finite-type invariant theory is potentially a topological interpretation of Etingof and Kazhdan's theory of quantization of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-09-21 Karene Chu

This paper proposed a new interaction paradigm in the virtual reality (VR) environments, which consists of a virtual mirror or window projected onto a virtual surface, representing the correct perspective geometry of a mirror or window…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Baihan Lin

The aim of this paper is to introduce a polynomial invariant $f_K(t)$ for virtual knots. We show that $f_K(t)$ can be used to distinguish some virtual knot from its inverse and mirror image. The behavior of $f_K(t)$ under connected sum is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-02-20 Zhiyun Cheng

We present an IoT home network visualizer that utilizes virtual reality (VR). This prototype demonstrates the potential that VR has to aid in the understanding of home IoT networks. This is particularly important due the increased number of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Drew Johnston , Jarret Flack , Indrakshi Ray , Francisco R. Ortega

We introduce a new technique for studying classical knots with the methods of virtual knot theory. Let $K$ be a knot and $J$ a knot in the complement of $K$ with $\text{lk}(J,K)=0$. Suppose there is covering space $\pi_J: \Sigma \times…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-08-14 Micah W. Chrisman , Vassily O. Manturov

"Cultural Windows" is a research initiative designed to enrich cross-cultural understanding through immersive extended reality (XR) experiences. This project proposes a workflow for deploying AR and VR platforms, allowing users to explore…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Hessam Djavaherpour , Pierre Dragicevic , Yvonne Jansen

As computer simulations progress to increasingly complex, non-linear, and three-dimensional systems and phenomena, intuitive and immediate visualization of their results is becoming crucial. While Virtual Reality (VR) and Natural User…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-09 Aryaman Gupta , Ulrik Günther , Pietro Incardona , Ata Deniz Aydin , Raimund Dachselt , Stefan Gumhold , Ivo F. Sbalzarini

We introduce a Virtual Reality (VR) one-on-one tutoring system to support anatomy education. A student uses a fully immersive VR headset to explore the anatomy of the base of the human skull. A teacher guides the student by using the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Patrick Saalfeld , Anna Schmeier , Wolfgang D'Hanis , Hermann-Josef Rothkötter , Bernhard Preim

We introduce a local deformation called the virtualized $\Delta$-move for virtual knots and links. We prove that the virtualized $\Delta$-move is an unknotting operation for virtual knots. Furthermore we give a necessary and sufficient…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Takuji Nakamura , Yasutaka Nakanishi , Shin Satoh , Kodai Wada

The idea of \textit{Virtual Try-ON} (VTON) benefits e-retailing by giving an user the convenience of trying a clothing at the comfort of their home. In general, most of the existing VTON methods produce inconsistent results when a person…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Debapriya Roy , Sanchayan Santra , Diganta Mukherjee , Bhabatosh Chanda

Early hands-on experiences with the Microsoft Hololens augmented/mixed reality device are reported and discussed, with a general aim of exploring basic 3D visualization. A range of usage cases are tested, including data visualization and…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-05-23 Paul Hockett , Tim Ingleby

A virtual knot, which is one of generalizations of knots in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ (or $S^{3}$), is, roughly speaking, an embedded circle in thickened surface $S_{g} \times I$. In this talk we will discuss about knots in 3 dimensional $S_{g}…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Seongjeong Kim

The ability to precisely visualize the atomic geometry of the interactions between a drug and its protein target in structural models is critical in predicting the correct modifications in previously identified inhibitors to create more…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2018-08-14 Erick Martins Ratamero , Dom Bellini , Christopher G. Dowson , Rudolf A. Roemer

This paper is a survey of knot theory and invariants of knots and links from the point of view of categories of diagrams. The topics range from foundations of knot theory to virtual knot theory and topological quantum field theory.

General Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis H. Kauffman

Knots are deeply entangled with every branch of science. One of the biggest open challenges in knot theory is to formalise a knot invariant that can unambiguously and efficiently distinguish any two knotted curves. Additionally, the…