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Seamless Integration of Databases in VR for Constructing Virtual Environments
Author(s) -
Soetebier Ingo,
Dörner Ralf,
Braun Norbert
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8659.00353
Subject(s) - computer science , vrml , construct (python library) , component (thermodynamics) , focus (optics) , database , virtual reality , interface (matter) , java , linkage (software) , human–computer interaction , programming language , operating system , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , gene , optics , thermodynamics
An approach for authoring virtual environments within the virtual environments themselves is presented, integrating a database containing arbitrary components that are used to construct the 3D scene. The issues important to a seamless integration of the database, such as multimedia data storage and database linkage are discussed, with the focus on the human‐computer interaction component. A concept for a 3D database interface is described for query, presentation and usage of query results in the virtual environment. Finally, an implementation of the concept using VRML and Java is presented.