Title :
WebVRGIS: WebGIS Based Interactive Online 3D Virtual Community
Author :
Zhihan Lu ; Rehman, Saif Ur ; Ge Chen
Author_Institution :
Shenzhen Inst. of Adv. Technol., Shenzhen, China
Abstract :
In this paper we present a WebVRGIS based Interactive On line 3D Virtual Community which is achieved based on WebGIS technology and web VR technology. It is Multi-Dimensional(MD) web geographic information system (WebGIS) based 3D interactive on line virtual community which is a virtual real-time 3D communication systems and web systems development platform. It is capable of running on a variety of browsers. In this work, four key issues are studied: (1) Multi-source MD geographical data fusion of the WebGIS, (2) scene combination with 3D avatar, (3) massive data network dispatch, and (4) multi-user avatar real-time interactive. Our system is divided into three modules: data preprocessing, background management and front end user interaction. The core of the front interaction module is packaged in the MD map expression engine 3GWebMapper and the free plug-in network 3D rendering engine WebFlashVR. We have evaluated the robustness of our system on three campus of Ocean University of China(OUC) as a testing base. The results shows high efficiency, easy to use and robustness of our system.
Keywords :
Internet; avatars; geographic information systems; rendering (computer graphics); sensor fusion; 3D avatar; MD Web geographic information system; MD map expression engine 3GWebMapper; OUC; Ocean University of China; Web systems development platform; WebGIS based interactive online 3D virtual community; WebGIS multisource MD geographical data fusion; WebVRGIS; background management; data preprocessing; free plug-in network 3D rendering engine WebFlashVR; front end user interaction; massive data network dispatch; multidimensional Web geographic information system; multiuser avatar real-time interactive system; scene combination; virtual real-time 3D communication systems; Avatars; Browsers; Communities; Geographic information systems; Real-time systems; Three-dimensional displays; Tiles; Geographic Information System; Virtual Community; Virtual Geographic Environment; Virtual Reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality and Visualization (ICVRV), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
DOI :
10.1109/ICVRV.2013.23