Title :
A synthetic environment system for planning, education and data visualization
Author :
Sadowsky, John ; Weintraub, David M. ; Feldberg, Ian E. ; Diamond, Steven D.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-2 Nov 1994
Abstract :
An inexpensive workstation that creates an immersive environment for several people to see and manipulate computer generated 3D graphic objects would have many innovative and important applications, such as planning and brainstorming (3D viewgraphs), education (3D chalk-board), and data visualization. We have been developing a PC-based system with a multimedia architecture. Each participant uses a head-mounted display with a video camera at each eye, and mixes the live video with computer generated graphics to create a heads-up display of the common scene with added virtual objects. We present the architecture, design problems and solutions, and application experiences
Keywords :
data visualisation; educational aids; educational computing; educational technology; groupware; microcomputer applications; multimedia computing; multimedia systems; planning; television applications; video cameras; virtual reality; workstations; 3D chalk-board; 3D viewgraphs; PC-based system; brainstorming; computer generated 3D graphic objects; computer generated graphics; data visualization; design problems; design solutions; education; head-mounted display; heads-up display; live video; multimedia architecture; planning; synthetic environment system; video camera; virtual objects; workstation; Application software; Cameras; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Computer science education; Data visualization; Multimedia systems; Two dimensional displays; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 1994. 1994 Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6405-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.1994.471681
