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Mixed Reality Simulation Framework for Multimodal Remote Sensing

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IUI Workshop on Location Awareness for Mixed and Dual Reality (LAMDa), page 1-4. (2011)

Abstract

Aerial photographs play a major role in current remote sens- ing applications. Traditionally such photographs were ac- quired using airplanes or satellites, and later processed in order to generate a virtual environment (VE). The industrial research project AVIGLE explores novel approaches to multimodal remote sensing by using a swarm of Miniature Un- manned Aerial Vehicles (MUAVs), which are equipped with different sensing and network technologies. The acquired data will be sent in quasi-real time to a ground control sta- tion, where a VE will be generated automatically. Although this approach introduces a new low-cost alternative to the traditional remote sensing processes, it opens up numerous research and engineering challenges. In this position paper we introduce a mixed reality (MR)-based simulation framework, which has been developed in the scope of the AVIGLE project. The main idea for this framework is to create a con- trolled environment in which parts of the system are real, whereas other parts are virtual and can be simulated for testing purposes. This MR simulation framework is intended to use virtual and real sensing technology in combination to provide a flexible solution to simulate and evaluate different hardware setups and algorithms.

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