Virtual-SAP: An immersive tool for visualizing the response of building structures to environmental conditions

Proceedings - Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 243-250

  Bowman, Doug A ^a   Setareh, Mehdi ^b   Pinho, Marcio S ^c   Ali, Ndiwalana ^a   Kalita, Alex ^a   Lee, Yunha ^b   Lucas, John ^a   Gracey, Matthew ^a   Kothapalli, Malini ^a   Zhu, Qinwei ^a   Datey, Ameya ^a   Tumati, Pradeep ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0038648280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2003.1191146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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