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Tridimensional Scenes Management and Optimization for Virtual Reality Simulators

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Virtual Reality (VR) simulation offers a new paradigm for realistic control and operation training, employing 3D digital objects and environments to create immersive experiences. The virtual scenarios should be as similar to the real ones as possible, to improve training. Furthermore, obtaining a digital version of these scenarios is a complex process that involves several tasks including mathematical modeling and 3D detailed geometry generation, among others. This paper presents some novel software tools that easier the development of a 3D virtual subterranean simulator. By providing tight integration between traditional CAD software and visualization engines, these tools are successfully applied to the construction of several virtual scenarios. Moreover, some strategies to optimize digital resources to allow loading and visualizing large maneuver exercises along realistic train trajectories in desktop computers are presented.

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  1. Instituto PLADEMA, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Campus Universitario S/N, 7000, Tandil, Argentina

    Juan P. D‘Amato, Cristian García Bauza, Marcos Lazo & Virginia Cifuentes

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Juan P. D‘Amato, Cristian García Bauza & Marcos Lazo

  3. Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA), La Plata, Argentina

    Virginia Cifuentes

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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. ISEGI,, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  4. DSI, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luis Paulo Reis

  5. Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, DoisIrm, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

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D‘Amato, J.P., Bauza, C.G., Lazo, M., Cifuentes, V. (2016). Tridimensional Scenes Management and Optimization for Virtual Reality Simulators. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Mendonça Teixeira, M. (eds) New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 444. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31232-3_23

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