AstroSim: Collaborative visualization of an astrophysics simulation in second life

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 69-81

  Nakasone, Arturo ^a   Prendinger, Helmut ^a   Holland, Simon ^a   Miura, Ken ^a   Hut, Piet ^b   Makino, Jun ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Astrophysics; Collaboration; Collaborative astrophysics; Computer graphics; Data mining; Data visualization; Second Life; Software; Stellar dynamics simulation; Three dimensional displays; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE ASTROPHYSICS; SECOND LIFE; SOFTWARE; STELLAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA VISUALIZATION; STARS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349216984     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.79     Document Type: Article

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