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3d Navigation With Six Degrees-Of-Freedom Using A Multi-Touch Display, Francisco Raul Ortega
3d Navigation With Six Degrees-Of-Freedom Using A Multi-Touch Display, Francisco Raul Ortega
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
With the introduction of new input devices, such as multi-touch surface displays, the Nintendo WiiMote, the Microsoft Kinect, and the Leap Motion sensor, among others, the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) finds itself at an important crossroads that requires solving new challenges. Given the amount of three-dimensional (3D) data available today, 3D navigation plays an important role in 3D User Interfaces (3DUI). This dissertation deals with multi-touch, 3D navigation, and how users can explore 3D virtual worlds using a multi-touch, non-stereo, desktop display.
The contributions of this dissertation include a feature-extraction algorithm for multi-touch displays (FETOUCH), a multi-touch and gyroscope …
Freshwater Resource Supply Modeling For Developed And Undeveloped Watersheds, Kelly C. Gustafson
Freshwater Resource Supply Modeling For Developed And Undeveloped Watersheds, Kelly C. Gustafson
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Globally, the current state of freshwater resource management is insufficient and impeding the chance at a sustainable future. Human interference within the natural hydrologic cycle is becoming dangerously irreversible and the need to redefine resource managerial approaches is imminent.
This research involves the development of a coupled natural-human freshwater resource supply model using a System Dynamics approach. The model was applied to two case studies, Somalia, Africa and the Phoenix Active Management Area in Arizona, USA. It is suggested that System Dynamic modeling would be an invaluable tool for achieving sustainable freshwater resource management in individual watersheds. Through a series …