Aspects of IntelligentBox as an Internet-supported tutoring system

Author

Okada, Yoshihiro ; Itoh, Eisuke

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Kyushu Univ., Kasuga, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

This paper treats a 3D graphics software development system called IntelligentBox. Especially it presents its aspects as an Internet-supported tutoring system. Using IntelligentBox, end-users can develop interactive 3D graphics applications by combining already existing 3D software components through direct manipulations on a computer screen. Since every software component of IntelligentBox is visible and manually operable, composite components are also visible and manually operable. A network communication facility is also provided as a certain software component. Using these software components, it is possible to rapidly develop a distributed 3D virtual environment where a tutor can teach a learner how to operate a target object of tutoring, which is represented as a 3D composite component, by real-time demonstrations via a network. This paper describes the availability of IntelligentBox as an Internet-supported tutoring system

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; real-time systems; software reusability; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D graphics; 3D virtual environment; IntelligentBox; Internet-supported tutoring system; direct manipulations; end-users; network communication facility; real-time demonstrations; software component; software development system; Application software; Computer graphics; Distributed computing; Intelligent systems; Internet; Printers; Programming; Teleconferencing; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications and the Internet Workshops, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0945-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAINTW.2001.998205

Filename

998205