Distributed virtual environments

Author

Stytz, Martin R.

Author_Institution

Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

31

Abstract

Putting the reality into virtual environments requires much more than outstanding 3D computer graphics and effective human computer interaction. To be “real”, elements of the virtual environment must not only look realistic and provide natural interaction, they must move correctly, behave believably, and approximate the complexity of the real world. Individual computer systems cannot provide the necessary degree of complexity, scale, and fidelity, and probably never will. Achieving a representation of an environment that looks accurate and is accurate in its details requires multiple computer systems and distributed virtual environment (DVE) technology. The article provides an introduction to the major components of DVEs and the issues related to assembling large scale DVEs. DVE technology permits real time human interaction with complex environments based on 3D graphical descriptions that interact and move using models of real world physical constraints

Keywords

distributed processing; human factors; interactive systems; real-time systems; virtual reality; 3D computer graphics; 3D graphical descriptions; complex environments; distributed virtual environments; human computer interaction; large scale DVEs; multiple computer systems; natural interaction; real time human interaction; real world physical constraints; Assembly; Broadcasting; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Distributed computing; Humans; Large-scale systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Vehicles; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.491182

Filename

491182