Obliq-3D: a high-level, fast-turnaround 3D animation system

Author

Najork, Marc A. ; Brown, Marc H.

Author_Institution

Syst. Res. Center, Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

193

Abstract

Describes Obliq-3D, a high-level, fast-turnaround system for building 3D animations. Obliq-3D consists of an interpreted language that is embedded into a 3D animation library. This library is based on a few simple, yet powerful constructs that allow programmers to describe 3D scenes and animations of such scenes. By virtue of its interpretive nature, Obliq-3D provides a fast-turnaround environment. The combination of simplicity and fast turnaround allows programmers to construct nontrivial animations quickly and easily. The paper is divided into three major parts. The first part introduces the basic concepts of Obliq-3D, using a series of graduated examples. The second part shows how the system can be used to implement cone trees. The third part develops a complete animation of Dijkstra´s (1959) shortest-path algorithm

Keywords

authoring languages; computer animation; software libraries; solid modelling; tree data structures; 3D animation library; 3D graphics; 3D scene description; Obliq-3D; algorithm animation; cone trees; embedded language; high-level fast-turnaround 3D animation system; information visualization; interpreted language; scripting language; shortest-path algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Animation; Computer graphics; Instruments; LAN interconnection; Layout; Programming profession; Software libraries; Tree graphs; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2626

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2945.468402

Filename

468402