Virtual liquid manipulation using general shape vessel

Author

Funahashi, Kenji ; Iwahori, Yuji

Author_Institution

Center for Inf. & Media Studies, Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

17-17 March 2001

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

284

Abstract

Describes a method to realize the interactive manipulation of a virtual liquid using virtual vessels which are expressed by a general convex-shape polyhedron. We propose a liquid manipulation model which has some functions to treat the relation between the volume of liquid in a vessel and the height level of the liquid surface in it while it is being tilted. For a general-shape vessel, a lookup table is implemented to calculate the above functions. Our system with this proposed model makes it possible to catch the liquid using the virtual vessel, to hold the liquid in it, then to spill the liquid by tilting it. Also, the system realizes a manipulation method to skim the liquid from another liquid vessel.

Keywords

liquids; table lookup; virtual reality; general convex-shape polyhedron; general-shape virtual vessel; interactive manipulation; liquid catching; liquid holding; liquid skimming; liquid spilling; liquid surface height level; liquid volume; lookup table; vessel tilting; virtual liquid manipulation; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Layout; Shape; Solids; Space technology; Surface treatment; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Yokohama, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0948-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2001.913798

Filename

913798