DocumentCode
1158413
Title
Nanyang Technological University virtual campus [virtual reality project]
Author
Sourin, Alexei
Volume
24
Issue
6
fYear
2004
Firstpage
6
Lastpage
8
Abstract
The idea for building a VR model of the NTU campus came about six years ago when the School of Computer Engineering purchased a powerful graphics workstation with advanced modeling software systems, MultiGen-Paradigm´s MultiGen and Vega. Three-dimensional Web visualization developed rapidly. Personal computers became capable of making VR walkthroughs even in shared virtual worlds. Cybertown created by Tony Rockliff and Pascal Baudar with Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) on the Blaxxun Platform, inspired us to put our virtual campus on the Web.
Keywords
Internet; data visualisation; educational institutions; virtual reality languages; NTU virtual campus; VR model; Virtual Reality Modeling Language; Web visualization; graphics workstation; modeling software system; multigen-Paradigm; personal computer; Avatars; Birds; Clouds; Computer graphics; Libraries; Navigation; Roads; Robots; Shape; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCG.2004.57
Filename
1355885
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