Building interactive animations using VRML and Java

Author

Tamiosso, Fabiana Saldanha ; Raposo, Alberto Barbosa ; MagalhÃes, LÉo Pini ; Ricarte, Ivan Luiz Marques

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

fYear

1997

fDate

14-17 Oct 1997

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

48

Abstract

The paper exploits the combination of VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) and Java for the construction of highly interactive animations, whose behaviour is defined in real time by a user´s actions. The animations are modeled in VRML, which allows the definition of a Java program to process and generate events that determine the behaviour of scene elements. An application for the generation of Java graphical interfaces was developed, aiming to establish the communication between the user and the VRML environment, sending parameters to the program that controls the animation

Keywords

computer animation; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; object-oriented languages; real-time systems; simulation languages; virtual reality; Java graphical interfaces; Java program; VRML; Virtual Reality Modeling Language; highly interactive animations; interactive animations; real time; scene elements; user actions; Animation; Automation; Computer graphics; Computer industry; Computer science; Java; Layout; Object oriented modeling; Power generation; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 1997. Proceedings., X Brazilian Symposium on

Conference_Location

Campos do Jordao

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8102-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIGRA.1997.625146

Filename

625146