Firms in the construction sector act as users of technologies produced outside the sector. This paper considers their role as users and explores their contribution to the 're-innovation' of an emerging information technology - virtual reality. An empirical study of virtual reality use within the...

Recent developments in virtual reality (VR) technology have the potential to revolutionize the way economists do experimental research. With Oculus’ light and affordable head mounted display (HMD) human subjects can literally move and use objects in virtual spaces and interact with others....

This paper presents a new approach for efficient utilization of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems under partial shading conditions in urban areas. The aim of this study is to find out the best electrical configuration by analyzing annual energy generation of the same BIPV system,...

The successor of ICALT2001 was ICALT2002. Due to progress in research and the fast assimilation of WWW-based learning in the world of education and training, we see a rather strong reorientation to the basic paradigms underlying learning practices and teaching practices. This paper offers a...

The paper gives a detailed introduction of the equipment and the software installed in the Virtual Logistics Laboratory of the Department of Materials Handling and Logistics, at the University of Miskolc. The primary aim of this new laboratory is to help the development of the various...

This work presents a new analytical method to evaluate the efficiency of PV systems working in partial shading conditions by taking into account the effect of surrounding obstacles. A mathematical procedure to determine the shadowed area on PV modules, depending on the location of the PV system...

This qualitative study is the first to confirm the validity of immersion as a relevant concept to capture the essence of online commercial experiences. Our study also highlights the specificities of immersive experiences engendered by virtual reality applications available on commercial web...

According to an international survey performed by the World Health Organization, it was estimated that the number of visually impaired people in the year 2002 rose to about 161 million (2.6% of the world’s population). Therefore, a large number of people are suffering from a visual handicap...

Possible responses to the extremely complex and delicate question of the influence that <virtual reality> exercises on the development of a child as a unique personality, on the child's psycho-social development and on the education of a child generally may be provided by serious research of a cohort sequential...</virtual>

The work presents the standard pattern centre-periphery, fundamented by Paul Krugman-1991. Based on the monopolistic competition Dixit-Stiglitz, it fundaments the economic agglomeration and is considered to be principal for the “new geographic economy“, a very fecund domain within the actual...