其用戶遍布各個(gè)應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域,包括教育和心理、培訓(xùn)、建筑設(shè)計(jì)、軍事航天、醫(yī)療、娛樂(lè)、圖形建模等。同時(shí)該產(chǎn)品在認(rèn)知相關(guān)的科研領(lǐng)域更具競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力,在歐美和國(guó)內(nèi)高等學(xué)府和研究機(jī)構(gòu)擁有五百個(gè)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(shí)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(yùn)動(dòng)追蹤系統(tǒng)、數(shù)字手套、微型眼動(dòng)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(shí)驗(yàn)室拓展提供了基礎(chǔ)。
3.2、與生理信號(hào)采集設(shè)備的結(jié)合
虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)技術(shù)作為一種全新的沉浸式呈現(xiàn)技術(shù),為心理學(xué)提供了新的研究方法和手段,通過(guò)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(dǎo)生理和眼動(dòng)等。例如使用多導(dǎo)電生理儀,采集被試的呼吸、脈搏、腦電等指標(biāo),進(jìn)而分析被試的情緒反應(yīng),或者進(jìn)行生物反饋治療情緒障礙。使用頭盔內(nèi)眼動(dòng)儀采集被試觀察虛擬世界時(shí)的眼動(dòng)信息,為空間認(rèn)知,空間記憶,社會(huì)心理學(xué)等領(lǐng)域的研究提供更客觀有效的數(shù)據(jù)。
1)、加州大學(xué)圣巴巴拉分校虛擬環(huán)境與行為研究中心
該實(shí)驗(yàn)室主要致力于心理認(rèn)知相關(guān)的科學(xué)研究,包括社會(huì)心理學(xué)、視覺(jué)、空間認(rèn)知等,并有大量論文在國(guó)際知名刊物發(fā)表,具體詳見(jiàn)論文列表。
2)、邁阿密大學(xué)心理與計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室
研究領(lǐng)域:空間認(rèn)知
3、加拿大滑鐵盧大學(xué)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(xué)
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(guó)斯坦福大學(xué)信息學(xué)院虛擬人交互實(shí)驗(yàn)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(xué)圣迭戈分校神經(jīng)科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)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