Title :
Nanyang Technological University virtual campus [virtual reality project]
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;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2004.57
