Virtual 3-D Walkthrough for Intelligent Emergency Response
After various cases of terrorist-attacks and other emergency situations across the globe; the need towards the development of virtual 3D walkthrough for the important premises are progressively on the rise (Lee, Zlatanova, A 3D data model and topological
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Abstract After various cases of terrorist-attacks and other emergency situations across the globe; the need towards the development of virtual 3D walkthrough for the important premises are progressively on the rise (Lee, Zlatanova, A 3D data model and topological analyses for emergency response in urban areas, [1]). In contrast to the conventional 2D layout of the premises; the 3D modeling adds another dimension to make a quick and intelligent emergency response to such situations. Modern 3D modeling and game development tools have given the capability to rapid development of such applications with near real-time rendering capacity. In this paper, we examine the potential of using virtual 3D walkthrough for the important installations that aim at facilitating the security personnel and decision-makers to effectively carryout their training, strategic and operational task in case of emergency or otherwise. Keywords Computer graphics Safety and security
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1 Introduction Virtual reality technology, has introduced a new spatial metaphor with very interesting applications on intelligent navigation, social behavior over virtual worlds, full body interaction, virtual studios, etc. [2]. With the evolution of modern graphics processors, memory bandwidth capabilities and advanced optimization techniques now it’s possible to add realism in real time 3D graphics. With the advent of science and technology the form of threat is changing its face and so in today’s scenarios planning and training is of paramount importance. N. Saxena (✉) ⋅ V. Diwan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India e-mail: [email protected] V. Diwan e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017 B. Raman et al. (eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 460, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2107-7_23
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In case of any such adverse situation the first and foremost thing is to protect human life and hence the evacuation is the first and most crucial logical step. The local security authorities should not only be familiar with the architectural topologies of the campus and its buildings along with all possible entry/exit points including emergency and make shift entries but should also be able to communicate the same to outside agencies in the minimum and most efficient manner. Generally, the important installations all across the globe are being protected from fire, terrorist attacks and other dire conditions by the means of various physical protection systems such as different types of fire hydrants, CCTV cameras, security personnel, logging and access control mechanisms for incoming or outgoing individuals or vehicles. These systems seems to be reasonable measures for combating the emergency situations but when the access of these systems also gets forbidden due to the conditions, it becomes very difficult to look for the way out. In case of the hostile conditions l
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