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VR Spray Painting for Training and Design

The end result of using the system to spray paint a car hood. Both directionally diffuse and gloss layers have been applied. In this case, a photorealistic image of how the paint would look when dry is displayed to the user. Useful information such as overspray, and percentage covererage is given to the user. This makes the system ideal for training, as both visual and numeric feedback is given to the trainee.

The end result of using the system to spray paint a car hood. Both directionally diffuse and gloss layers have been applied. In this case, a photorealistic image of how the paint would look when dry is displayed to the user. Useful information such as overspray, and percentage covererage is given to the user. This makes the system ideal for training, as both visual and numeric feedback is given to the trainee.
Title: VR Spray Painting for Training and Design
Authors: Jonathan Konieczny, Gary W. Meyer, Clement Shimizu, John Heckman, Marty Manyen, and Marty Rabens
In ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2008 (VRST ’08)

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A system is introduced for the simulation of spray painting. Head mounted display goggles are combined with a tracking system to allow users to paint a virtual surface with a spray gun. Ray tracing is used to simulate droplets landing on the surface of the object, allowing arbitrary shapes and spray gun patterns to be used. This system is combined with previous research on spray gun characteristics to provide a realistic simulation of the spray paint including the effects of viscosity, air pressure, and paint pressure. The simulation provides two different output modes: a non-photorealistic display that gives a visual representation of how much paint has landed on the surface, and a photorealistic simulation of how the paint would actually look on the object once it dried. Useful feedback values such as overspray are given. Experiments were performed to validate the system. 

 BIBTEX CITATION
@InProceedings{shimizu00017,
    title = {VR Spray Painting for Training and Design},
    author = {Jonathan Konieczny and Gary W. Meyer and Clement Shimizu and John Heckman and Marty Manyen, and Marty Rabens},
    booktitle = {VRST '08},
    year = {2008},
    pages = {293--294},
}