VR Juggler: a virtual platform for virtual reality application development

Bierbaum, Allen; Just, C.; Hartling, P.; Meinert, K.; Baker, Albert L.; Cruz-Neira, Carolina

doi:10.1109/vr.2001.913774

Cited by 240 publications

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“…There are several platforms for creating a VE by a developer who handle several kinds of devices. VR Juggler [7] is a virtual platform providing a virtual reality environment independent of operating system. This platform supports many graphics engines and network distribution through the NetJuggler module but no high-level support for application distribution.…”

Section: Vr Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Storytelling Platform for Virtual Museum Development: Lifecycle Management of an Exhibition

Khundam

Noël

2017

Product Lifecycle Management and the Industry of the Future

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Section: Vr Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Storytelling Platform for Virtual Museum Development: Lifecycle Management of an Exhibition

Khundam

Noël

2017

Product Lifecycle Management and the Industry of the Future

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“…This software interface encapsulates the functionality of VR-Juggler (Bierbaum et al 2001), Open Scene Graph (OSG), and the Lua scripting language. VR-Juggler is a scalable, Open Source software platform that enables the abstraction and integration of multiple ICT technologies into a single software testbed.…”

Section: Supporting Softwarementioning

confidence: 99%

Disassembly Sequence Evaluation Using Graph Visualization and Immersive Computing Technologies

Berg

Behdad

Vance

et al. 2012

Volume 2: 32nd Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts a and B

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With the goal of making product recovery economically viable, disassembly sequence planning and evaluation can be used to influence product design features early in the product design process. Several researchers have investigated using optimization methods to determine disassembly sequences. One of the difficulties with using this approach is that because of the unique aspects of product disassembly at the end of life, input parameters for the optimization algorithms are commonly unavailable or estimated under high uncertainty. In practice, design engineers explore disassembly sequencing using either CAD software or manipulation of physical prototypes. These approaches produce solutions, but only intuitive solutions are explored and more optimal solutions may exist. To support decision making early in the design process, the research presented in this paper combines these two approaches within an immersive computing technology (ICT) application to aid in early product design with the goal of designing products with consideration of product recovery, reuse and recycle.The ICT application displays both 3D geometry of the product to be disassembled and an interactive graph visualization of the potential disassembly paths. The user can naturally interact with the geometric models and explore the potential paths indicated by the graph visualization. The optimal path can be indicated and the user can explore other potential paths. The result is an application that combines the strength of mathematical modeling with visualization and human interaction to provide an experience where the user can explore potential effects of design decisions. The initial application has been implemented in a 3 wall immersive projection environment and preliminary results show this approach proves to be an efficient method of evaluating and training potential disassembly sequences. Keywords Visualization Disciplines Mechanical Engineering Deborah Thurston Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61820 thurston@illinois.edu ABSTRACT With the goal of making product recovery economically viable, disassembly sequence planning and evaluation can be used to influence product design features early in the product design process. Several researchers have investigated using optimization methods to determine disassembly sequences. One of the difficulties with using this approach is that because of the unique aspects of product disassembly at the end of life, input parameters for the optimization algorithms are commonly unavailable or estimated under high uncertainty. In practice, design engineers explore disassembly sequencing using either CAD software or manipulation of physical prototypes. These approaches produce solutions, but only intuitive solutions are explored and more optimal solutions may exist. To support decision making early in the design process, the research presented in this paper combines these two approaches within an immersive computing technology (ICT)...

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“…The statuses of the applications are synchronized through a network, and the rendering regions thereof are suited to the creation of a seamless image on a large screen. VRJuggler [4] and CAV-ELib [5] adopt this architecture for parallel rendering. In this Master-Slave model, it is of critical importance to achieve precise synchronization between all of the PC nodes so as not to incur a gap in image update timing.…”

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A self‐distributing software environment for immersive multiprojector displays

Hashimoto

Ishida

Sato

2007

Systems & Computers in Japan

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SUMMARYIn multiprojector displays which surround users with high-resolution images, a PC-Cluster is often used for realistic and real-time image generation. However, it is quite troublesome to develop applications which support parallel processing on the PC-Cluster. It is also difficult to acquire enough rendering performance because of the limited bandwidth of the PC-Cluster. Therefore, we aim to achieve affordable and accessible software environments for the multiprojector displays. In this paper, we describe a self-distributing software environment for inheriting existent game engines which provide basic functions of realizing virtual environments. This environment achieves minimum data communication based on a master-slave model. The communication mechanism is automatically applied to target applications by intercepting APIs. Hence, we can directly exploit high capability of the existing game engines on the multiprojector displays.

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VR Juggler: a virtual platform for virtual reality application development

Cited by 240 publications

References 3 publications

Storytelling Platform for Virtual Museum Development: Lifecycle Management of an Exhibition

Storytelling Platform for Virtual Museum Development: Lifecycle Management of an Exhibition

Disassembly Sequence Evaluation Using Graph Visualization and Immersive Computing Technologies

A self‐distributing software environment for immersive multiprojector displays

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