4 papers
DELUGE: Decomposed Entropy-coded Live Unstructured Geometry Exchange for Real-time Particle Streaming
Hikari Yanagawa, Yuichi Hiroi, Takefumi Hiraki
Particle-based physics simulations, including fluids, smoke, and granular media, are fundamental to visual realism in immersive VR and AR. With the growing adoption of social VR an…
Navigation Pixie: Implementation and Empirical Study Toward On-demand Navigation Agents in Commercial Metaverse
Hikari Yanagawa, Yuichi Hiroi, Satomi Tokida +2
While commercial metaverse platforms offer diverse user-generated content, they lack effective navigation assistance that can dynamically adapt to users' interests and intentions.…
MetaGadget: An Accessible Framework for IoT Integration into Commercial Metaverse Platforms
Ryutaro Kurai, Hikari Yanagawa, Yuichi Hiroi +1
While the integration of IoT devices in virtual spaces is becoming increasingly common, technical barriers to controlling custom devices in multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) environm…
PanoTree: Autonomous Photo-Spot Explorer in Virtual Reality Scenes
Tomohiro Hayase, Sacha Braun, Hikari Yanagawa +2
Social VR platforms enable social, economic, and creative activities by allowing users to create and share their own virtual spaces. In social VR, photography within a VR scene is…