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Pauwels, Floris (author)The aim of this thesis is to enhance motion comfort for passengers in automated vehicles (AVs) by training their postural control using virtual reality (VR). A serious game called Motion Anticipation Training Environment for Automated Vehicles (MATE-AV) is developed in Unity to train participants to adjust their posture in response to motion...master thesis 2024
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Elferink, Amber (author)Moving through immersive virtual reality (VR) is commonly achieved by physically walking in the real room or using other techniques like an omnidirectional treadmill or walk-in-place. Roomscale walking is most similar to normal walking but is limited by physical space. However, other techniques can cause user experience issues such as VR...master thesis 2024
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Goel, Saransh (author)This research investigates the impact of multipath signals in UWB communications and explores their potential to improve localization accuracy of tags using the additional information captured in the Channel Impulse Response (CIR). While traditional localization typically relies on multiple anchors, this study focuses on using a single anchor...master thesis 2024
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van Dooren, K.S. (author)The aeronautical industry has set ambitious goals to reduce its environmental impact and become sustainable. Addressing rising emissions involves strategies such as reducing structural weight, due to its direct impact on fuel consumption, and the use of new materials and manufacturing techniques. Research and development on thermoplastic...doctoral thesis 2024
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Pelka, S. (author)The potential of households to adapt their energy use to the conditions of the energy system remains largely untapped due to shortcomings in consumer governance (i.e., the organization of household energy use). A lack of price signals and services leads to uncoordinated household energy use. Various proposals exist for updating consumer...doctoral thesis 2024
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Regmi, Bishwas (author)Emotion recognition in Virtual Reality(VR) has the potential to offer numerous benefits across various sectors such as mental healthcare, education, marketing, entertainment, etc. Although emotion recognition itself is a mature field, the sub-field of VR-based emotion recognition is still in its early stages of development. It was found that a...master thesis 2024
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Mulder, Job (author)Immersive virtual reality (IVR) with head-mounted displays (HMDs) is expanding in various fields like training, but its effects on cognitive load from visual, auditory, and mental stimuli in virtual environments remain uncertain. This is particularly relevant in neurorehabilitation, where patients may suffer from training in overstimulating...master thesis 2024
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Tabone, W. (author)This thesis explores how automated vehicles will interact with pedestrians in the urban environment through augmented reality technology. Nine distinct AR interfaces were designed, developed, and evaluated to assess how different design elements (symbols, text, colour) and distinct mappings of the AR (on the road, on the vehicle, or head-locked)...doctoral thesis 2024
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Tjepkema, Kars (author)Introduction: Speech perception in acoustically challenging environments remains challenging for children with cochlear implants. When considering the implementation of an automatic classifier system in the classroom, it becomes crucial to assess the potential advantages against possible drawbacks.<br/>Consequently, the central question centers...master thesis 2024
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van Beek, A.H.N. (author), Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Efficient crowd management is essential for optimizing the performance of pedestrian infrastructures, either in terms of crowd flow or pedestrian levels of safety and comfort. This study investigates the impact of one type of crowd management measure, namely lighting, on pedestrian behavior. Using Virtual Reality experiments, the impact of...journal article 2024
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Buzcu, Berk (author), Tessa, Melissa (author), Tchappi, Igor (author), Najjar, Amro (author), Hulstijn, Joris (author), Calvaresi, Davide (author), Aydoğan, Reyhan (author)The awareness about healthy lifestyles is increasing, opening to personalized intelligent health coaching applications. A demand for more than mere suggestions and mechanistic interactions has driven attention to nutrition virtual coaching systems (NVC) as a bridge between human–machine interaction and recommender, informative, persuasive,...journal article 2024
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Dai, Zhicheng (author), Li, Dewei (author), Feng, Y. (author), Yang, Yuming (author), Sun, Long (author)Understanding pedestrian wayfinding behavior is crucial for traffic management and building design. The use of virtual reality technology presents an efficient approach for investigating pedestrian wayfinding behavior in large public spaces, offering numerous advantages for data collection. However, the impact of different scenario dimensions on...journal article 2024
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Lee, Sueyoon (author), Viola, Irene (author), Rossi, Silvia (author), Guo, Zhirui (author), Reimat, Ignacio (author), Lawicka, Kinga (author), Striner, Alina (author), Cesar, Pablo (author)The latest social VR technologies have enabled users to attend traditional media and arts performances together while being geographically removed, making such experiences accessible despite budget, distance, and other restrictions. In this work, we aim at improving the way remote performances are shared by designing and evaluating a VR...journal article 2024
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Paz Mendez, J. (author), Raimondo, A. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)In this research, conduction welded C-struts, part of a thermoplastic composite fuselage designed and manufactured in the framework of the Clean Sky 2 STUNNING project, are investigated. Five specimens made of two C-section profiles are manufactured and welded using conduction welding in three different configurations with variations in the...journal article 2024
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Azad, A. (author), Panigrahi, Siddhant (author), Thondiyath, Asokan (author), Patel, Nirav (author)Robotic interventions have become a pivotal component in minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures. While the use of robotic devices in medical operations is advancing, there is still a pressing need to train and equip medical professionals with emerging biomedical developments. Though Virtual reality (VR) has been proven to be a great tool...conference paper 2024
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Aoun, J. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author), Nardone, Roberto (author), Quaglietta, E. (author), Vittorini, Valeria (author)Moving Block (MB) and Virtual Coupling (VC) rail signalling will change current train operation paradigm by migrating vital equipment from trackside to onboard to reduce train separation and maintenance costs. Their actual deployment is however constrained by the industry's need to identify configurations of MB and VC signalling equipment...journal article 2024
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Ratschat, A.L. (author), van Rooij, B.M. (author), Luijten, Johannes (author), Marchal Crespo, L. (author)In current virtual reality settings for motor skill training, only visual information is usually provided regarding the virtual objects the trainee interacts with. However, information gathered through cutaneous (tactile feedback) and muscle mechanoreceptors (kinesthetic feedback) regarding, e.g., object shape, is crucial to successfully...journal article 2024
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Kshetri, Nir (author), Dwivedi, Yogesh K. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)A number of government agencies have started deploying the Metaverse to connect better with their constituents. The Metaverse provides a rich interaction environment and has the potential to engage with, especially, the younger generation. However, the Metaverse's potential impact on the government sector has been given limited attention....review 2024
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Wu, C.L. (author), Wagterveld, R. M. (author), van Breukelen, B.M. (author)Petroleum products have contaminated groundwater with harmful organic compounds, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX). Collecting and analyzing polluted groundwater samples is expensive and undertaken infrequently. However, quick remedial action in case of unexpected events requires continuous monitoring. In-situ water...journal article 2024
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Murti, Fahri Wisnu (author), Ali, Samad (author), Iosifidis, G. (author), Latva-aho, Matti (author)Virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRANs) are fully configurable and can be implemented at a low cost over commodity platforms to enable network management flexibility. In this paper, a novel vRAN reconfiguration problem is formulated to jointly reconfigure the functional splits of the base stations (BSs), locations of the virtualized central...journal article 2024