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Measurement Tools for the Immersive Visualization Environment: Steps Toward the Virtual Laboratory
Published
Author(s)
John G. Hagedorn, Joy Dunkers, Steven G. Satterfield, Adele Peskin, John T. Kelso, Judith E. Terrill
Abstract
This paper describes a set of tools for performing measurements of objects in a virtual reality based immersive visualization environment. These tools enable the use of the immersive environment as an instrument for extracting quantitative information from data representations that hitherto had be used solely for qualitative examination. We provide, within the virtual environment, ways for the user to analyze and interact with the quantitative data generated. We describe results generated by these methods to obtain dimensional descriptors of tissue engineered medical products. We regard this toolbox as our first step in the implementation of a virtual measurement laboratory within an immersive visualization environment.
Hagedorn, J.
, Dunkers, J.
, Satterfield, S.
, Peskin, A.
, Kelso, J.
and Terrill, J.
(2007),
Measurement Tools for the Immersive Visualization Environment: Steps Toward the Virtual Laboratory, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50882
(Accessed October 9, 2025)