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Computers, Volume 10, Issue 5

2021 May - 14 articles

Cover Story: One of the main problems in relation to road safety is the correct use of the seat belt, a device that saves thousands of lives every year. For this reason, the presented work shows an edutainment application designed to increase awareness on the use of the seat belt. For this goal, a VR-enhanced rollover system has been developed. The VR application is synchronized with a motorized rollover car simulator. The system has been tested for a month in Saudi Arabia with more than 500 users. We measured, before and after the rollover experience, the perception of risk of not using the seat belt. Results show that awareness regarding the use of seat belts increased very significantly after using the presented edutainment tool. View this paper
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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,120 Views
12 Pages

Computational thinking courses can cultivate students’ ability to apply logic in the fields of mathematics and information science. The new 12-year Basic Education Curriculum Guidelines were implemented in Fall 2019 in Taiwan. Courses on computationa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,585 Views
17 Pages

Viewer’s Role and Viewer Interaction in Cinematic Virtual Reality

  • Lingwei Tong,
  • Robert W. Lindeman and
  • Holger Regenbrecht

Cinematic Virtual Reality (CVR) is a form of immersive storytelling widely used to create engaging and enjoyable experiences. However, issues related to the Narrative Paradox and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) can negatively affect the user experience. I...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,309 Views
18 Pages

Slice Function Placement Impact on the Performance of URLLC with Multi-Connectivity

  • Abdellatif Chagdali,
  • Salah Eddine Elayoubi and
  • Antonia Maria Masucci

Network slicing has emerged as a promising technical solution to ensure the coexistence of various 5G services. While the 5G architecture evolution for supporting slicing has been exhaustively studied, the architectural option impacts on RAN resource...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,046 Views
21 Pages

The Case of a Multiplication Skills Game: Teachers’ Viewpoint on MG’s Dashboard and OSLM Features

  • Angeliki Leonardou,
  • Maria Rigou,
  • Aliki Panagiotarou and
  • John Garofalakis

Educational games and digital game-based learning (DGBL) provide pupils interactive, engaging, intelligent, and motivating learning environments. According to research, digital games can support students’ learning and enhance their motivation to lear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,605 Views
18 Pages

This research performs real-time measurements of Linux kernels with real-time support provided by the PREEMPT_RT patch on embedded development devices such as BeagleBoard and Raspberry Pi. The experimental measurements of the Linux real-time performa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,146 Views
21 Pages

Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users

  • Suleiman Ali Alsaif,
  • Adel Hidri and
  • Minyar Sassi Hidri

Because of the complexity of the actors and the relationships between them, social networks are always represented by graphs. This structure makes it possible to analyze the effectiveness of the network for the social actors who are there. This work...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
8,364 Views
27 Pages

Recently, there has been significant growth in the popularity of cloud computing systems. One of the main issues in building cloud computing systems is task scheduling. It plays a critical role in achieving high-level performance and outstanding thro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,255 Views
19 Pages

Systematic Design Approach for Functional Integration of Vehicular Wireless Power Transfers Modules

  • Steve Zimmer,
  • Martin Helwig,
  • Peter Lucas,
  • Anja Winkler and
  • Niels Modler

This paper presents a systematic design approach to the development of functionally integrated mechanical-electrical lightweight systems. The development of these systems requires the end-to-end consideration of all product domains involved, aspects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,361 Views
22 Pages

Personalisation in e-learning systems has become a major research area in recent times, as online learning is gradually evolving to become a major part of formal education. While there exist several learning management systems with a wide range of ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,082 Views
11 Pages

A Novel Two-Stage Heart Arrhythmia Ensemble Classifier

  • Mercedeh J. Rezaei,
  • John R. Woodward,
  • Julia Ramírez and
  • Patricia Munroe

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular arrhythmia (Arr) are among the most common and fatal cardiac arrhythmias in the world. Electrocardiogram (ECG) data, collected as part of the UK Biobank, represents an opportunity for analysis and classificati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,621 Views
16 Pages

Towards Developing a Framework to Analyze the Qualities of the University Websites

  • Maliha Rashida,
  • Kawsarul Islam,
  • A. S. M. Kayes,
  • Mohammad Hammoudeh,
  • Mohammad Shamsul Arefin and
  • Mohammad Ashfak Habib

The website of a university is considered to be a virtual gateway to provide primary resources to its stakeholders. It can play an indispensable role in disseminating information about a university to a variety of audience at a time. Thus, the qualit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,039 Views
17 Pages

Colocation for SLAM-Tracked VR Headsets with Hand Tracking

  • Dennis Reimer,
  • Iana Podkosova,
  • Daniel Scherzer and
  • Hannes Kaufmann

In colocated multi-user Virtual Reality applications, relative user positions in the virtual environment need to match their relative positions in the physical tracking space. A mismatch between virtual and real relative user positions might lead to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,775 Views
17 Pages

There are areas where the competencies obtained through computer coding activities substantially overlap with life skills components. Studies of these common competencies have suggested the possibility of including these contents in a life skills pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,644 Views
13 Pages

Most countries have active road safety policies that seek the objective of reducing deaths in traffic accidents. One of the main factors in this regard is the awareness of the safety measures, one of the most important being the correct usage of the...

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