Title :
Extending Blender: Development of a Haptic Authoring Tool
Author :
Andrews, Sheldon ; Eid, Mohamad ; Alamri, Atif ; Saddik, Abdulmotaleb El
Author_Institution :
Ottawa Univ., Ottawa
Abstract :
In this paper, we present our work to extend a well known 3D graphic modeler - Blender - to support haptic modeling and rendering. The extension tool is named HAMLAT (haptic application markup language authoring tool). We describe the modifications and additions to the Blender source code which have been used to create HAMLAT. Furthermore, we present and discuss the design decisions used when developing HAMLAT, and also an implementation "road map" which describes the changes to the Blender source code. Finally, we conclude with discussion of our future development and research avenues.
Keywords :
haptic interfaces; virtual reality; extending blender; graphic modelers; haptic application markup language authoring tool; haptic authoring tool; virtual environments; Application software; Graphics; Haptic interfaces; Layout; Markup languages; Open source software; Packaging; Rendering (computer graphics); Roads; Virtual environment; Blender; Graphic Modelers; HAML; Haptics; Virtual Environments;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, 2007. HAVE 2007. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1571-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1571-7
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2007.4371585
