ABSTRACT
This chapter describes and demonstrate new methods for data collection and visualization in virtual reality (VR), using experimental processes that incorporate sensors and physical computing technologies. Mobile scanning devices use the camera and sensors of smart phones and tablets to create photogrammetric data, which is turned into a 3D digital model. Through the design of wearable devices, senses are extended, as closed-loop cybernetic systems that utilize data through the use of 3D scanning technologies, sensing and actuation technologies, and VR visualizations. Understanding the importance of movement and spatial freedom, the wearable devices are designed considering minimal intrusion to the individuals wearing them. The project aims to experiment with interactive wearable devices that venture to embed the physical world seamlessly with the virtual world by capitalizing on VR, ubiquitous computing, sensing and actuating technologies.
