Title :
Collaborative scientific visualization in networked immersive virtual environment
Author :
Ogi, T. ; Tamagawa, K. ; Yamada, T. ; Hirose, M.
Author_Institution :
MVL Res. Center, Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A collaborative scientific visualization environment was constructed by connecting the CABIN immersive multi-screen display system to several immersive projection displays and to supercomputers via a broadband network. In this environment, users in remote places are able to discuss the displayed phenomena while looking at the same data. In particular, a video avatar method was developed to realize natural communication in a shared virtual world. This method was applied to the visualization of several kinds of scientific data, and its effectiveness was evaluated
Keywords :
broadband networks; computer displays; data visualisation; distributed processing; groupware; natural sciences computing; virtual reality; CABIN; broadband network; collaborative scientific visualization environment; immersive multi-screen display system; immersive projection displays; natural communication; networked immersive virtual environment; remote users; shared virtual world; supercomputers; video avatar method; Avatars; Collaboration; Data visualization; Displays; Intelligent networks; Space shuttles; Space technology; Switches; Video sharing; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.816461
