Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:29:54 -0500 From: "Ernst Kruijff" Subject: Re: immersive modeling systems Sender: To: "joachim deisinger" , "3dui-list" <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Message-id: <3C73C0F2.B4BDD71C@imk.fraunhofer.de> Organization: Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Accept-Language: en X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 References: <3C73BB9B.9080105@iao.fhg.de> X-Authentication-warning: torch.hitl.washington.edu: majordom set sender toowner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu using -f X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Hi Joachim, For your interest - an out of date list of immersive modelling systems can be found at the CVDE forum pages I put up some years ago. It's at: http://kwetal.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~ernst/cvde/cvde_hm.html Mailinglist is out of use, but the site itself might be of some help. Take care, Ernst joachim deisinger wrote: > > I'm in process of putting togehter an overview of relevant immersive > modeling systems therefore I wonder how many systems are out there still > alive and kicking... > > I'd like to focus on immersive systems assuming at least stereoscopic > view and tracking. > For a classification I've put together a number of criteria for > discussion, like: > > - what is the area of application (conceptual or elaborative modeling, > sketching, etc.)? > - what is the average size of models? > - is the modeler fixed to a certain visualization system like HMD, Cave > or Workbench? > - what is the number of input options (one- or two-handed interaction, > gestures, required number of buttons, speech recognition)? > - what sort of input devices is used, providing how many DOF? > - is force feedback provided? > - which geometrical representation is used (discrete or continuous, > surface-, volume-, hybrid-representation)? > - direct or indirect generation and modification of geometry? > - number of functions for generation and modification of geometry? > - which interaction metaphors are used? > - which menue repräsentation is used? > - underlying VE-software system? > > Is this it? And who will be willing to fill that in for her system ;-) > I'd be glad to share ideas... > > jo -- Ernst Kruijff Fraunhofer Institute for Media Comm