DriS - A Virtual Driving Simulator

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 1997

Authors

João Miguel Leitão (Author) FEUP; António Coelho (Author) FEUP; Fernando Nunes Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the Second International Seminar on the Human Factors in Road Traffic

Pages: 1-8

Second International Seminar on the Human Factors in Road Traffic

Braga, Portugal

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Interface technology > Virtual reality

Other information

Abstract (EN): A driving simulator is complex and expensive system. In order for the driving simulation to be convincing, it¿s necessary to give reliable sensorial information to the driver. Usually, the driver is able to see a realistic image both in a large screen display or in a HMD. High quality audio information is also supplied. With in the development of DriS, a house made Diving Simulator of a car, we are trying to cut down the relation between performance and cost. We are developing some innovative optimization techniques, in order to obtain a faster and reliable screen update. Some of those techniques like hierarchical culling of back-facing polygons, hierarchical visibility preprocessing, and automatic model simplification, can dramatically improve the rendering time of huge scene databases. This paper provides a full description of the architecture of DriS, as well as descriptions of innovative optimization techniques used.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8