A generic virtual reality software system's architecture and application

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 2005, Pages 220-227

  Steinicke, Frank ^a   Ropinski, Timo ^a   Hinrichs, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

software architecture; virtual reality; VR applications; VR interaction techniques

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATION PROGRAMS; RAY TRACING; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS); SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DE FACTO STANDARD; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; RENDERING SYSTEM; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; USER INTERFACE TOOLKIT; VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE SYSTEM; VR APPLICATIONS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77953498577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1152399.1152440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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