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Making “factories” in virtual environments is a new research topic, but there has been a great latent demand for it. This paper analyzes the requirements for “synthetic factories,” in particular, emphasizing the differences from typical applications of virtual reality. Then we introduce three components for synthetic factories: (1) an engineering animation system for assembly, (2) decompositive assembly simulation and its theoretical superiority, and (3) a system for visualizing processes in factories. Finally, we discuss the future research directions concerning synthetic factories.
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Noma, T. (1998). Towards the Synthetic Factories: Requirements and Components. In: Kunii, T.L., Luciani, A. (eds) Cyberworlds. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67941-7_13
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