VHD++ development framework: Towards extendible, component based VR/AR simulation engine featuring advanced virtual character technologies

Proceedings of Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 96-104

  Ponder, M ^a   Papagiannakis, G ^b   Molet, T ^b   Magnenat Thalmann, N ^b   Thalmann, D ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Application software; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Electronic mail; Engines; Games; Real time systems; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; ELECTRONIC MAIL; ENGINES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE; COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS; GAMES; REAL-TIME SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK; VIRTUAL CHARACTER SIMULATION;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84943236250     PISSN: 15301052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGI.2003.1214453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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