Hot Stuff: Using Web3D to Examine Fire from the Inside
Sandy Ressler, NIST - EPICentre Sept 2019
Highlighting work of Matt Hoehler (fire engineer)
Disclaimer: Mention of any commercial products does not imply endorsement by NIST or the author.
https://slides.com/sressler/hotstuff
Ye' Ole' Agenda
- Web
- How to put a camera in a fire
- Data overlay
- Making the burn interactive
Web
- It's still the web, stupid
- Distribution
- My kingdom for an URL
BOB - Burn Observation Bubble
Matt Hoehler
"In the Eye of the Fire"
and you think your demo is hot!
360 degree fire
Crown Fire
Matthew Hoehler/NIST
Interacting with 360 Video
- Authoring
- Data display
- Interaction
Making Burn Interactive
- Toolchain
- VR Hardware (Oculus Rift)
- Software WebVR/XR - a-frame
- WEB WEB WEB
- Development also via glitch
(shockingly is not a toy!)
Making Burn Interactive (2)
- Tasks
- Data Wrangling
- Prototype data display
- Synchronize data and video
- video "currentTime" is main magic
- Set up locations of temperature sensors in video (by hand using specialized tool)
- Link locations with data (also by hand coding)
- Added video zoom and rotation capabilities..primary user will be on desktop
- Mouse for desktop / Controllers for VR
Desktop Burn Demo
Desktop Burn Demo VR (2)
Desktop Burn Demo VR with Controllers
PRICE fire - comparison with simulation
Kevin McGrattan and Glenn Forney /NIST FDS/Smokeview simulation
Matt Hoehler/NIST
Smithsonian Institution Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE)
What do you mean the talk is supposed to be longer???
Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
in WebVR
Original Physical Book
Most cited resource in NIST's first 100 Years
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun (Eds.) (1964) Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C..
DLMF based on Handbook
nearly 20 years/world class experts
I am NOT one of those
world class experts
Updated Book
Existing DLMF Graphics
What would happen if we put all the DLMF surfaces into a VR environment?
Surround yourself with math surfaces
Dancing DLMF
music: Wes Montgomery "California Dreaming"
Towards DLMF Integration
- Standalone surface functionality in VR
New DLMF VR
Moving towards integration with DLMF web site
Gallery of Functions -> public access to multiple file formats
Standalone video here
Quickselect
Single surface tool in VR
DLMF Gallery
- Multiple file formats
- Ability to use surfaces as graphic assets
- Public domain with source attribution
Prototype DLMF Gallery
Speaking of Multiple Formats -> STL
3D printing
3d printed dlmf objects photo here
Conclusions
WebXR for the win
Science Baby
Acknowledgements
- Matthew Hoehler (NIST fire guy)
- Adam Lenker (NIST SURF)
- Frankie Willard (NIST SHIP)
- Justin Slud (NIST SURF)
- Kevin Chen (NIST SHIP..now Yale)
The talk is OVER
Thanks!
Hot Stuff: Using Web3D to Examine Fire from the Inside
By Sandy Ressler
Hot Stuff: Using Web3D to Examine Fire from the Inside
EPICentre, Sydney Australia, Sept 2019
