World coordinate system

The world coordinate system designates the original coordinate system with which the associated relative coordinate systems are referenced. The world coordinate system is described by orthogonal axes and represented by a Cartesian coordinate system .

CAD systems

For CAD systems, the world coordinate system describes the top layer of all visualizations. The right-handed coordinate system is used almost exclusively here .

robotics

In robotics, the world coordinate system describes the overall coordinate system of a robot ensemble and is independent of the movement of the robot.

Motion sensors

In the field of inertial sensors , the world coordinate system describes with x the main direction of movement, y the transverse movement and z the vertical movement. When human activity is detected using acceleration sensors to determine physical activity, the origin of the world coordinate system is placed in the center of the skull at the level of the eyes. This origin corresponds to the vestibular (equilibrium-related) reference system of humans.

literature

• Jens Eckstein: Real-time collision detection for virtual reality applications. Herbert Utz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-89675-555-2 .