Obliq-3D: A High-Level, Fast-Turnaround 3D Animation System

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 175-193

  Najork, Marc A ^a   Brown, Marc H ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D animation; 3D graphics; algorithm animation; embedded language; information visualization; interpreted language; scripting language

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHM ANIMATION; EMBEDDED LANGUAGE; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INTERPRETED LANGUAGE; SCRIPTING LANGUAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0029326909     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2945.468402     Document Type: Article

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