A New Dimension to Hypermedia
i3D is a high-speed three-dimensional scene viewer
integrated with
Mosaic and
Netscape. It allows you to place hyperlinks to
three-dimensional data into your HTML documents as well as
to place hyperlinks in your 3D scene by associating URLs
with nodes in the scene. These hyperlinks can point to all kinds
of ressources, including other 3D worlds. Users can navigate
inside 3D scenes using a Spaceball or a mouse as input
devices and CristalEyes LCD shutter glasses for
binocular perception of the 3D world. i3D also supports the
Multi-Channel Option for high-end applications like stereo video
projection during group meetings as it is done at CERN.
Stereo rendering combined with the Spaceball's
3D input capabilities makes i3D the first 3D browser
with a true desktop-VR user-interface that provides key depth cues
such as motion parallax and binocular disparity for a better understanding
of visualized data. Time-critical rendering techniques allow the system to
display complex
3D scenes at high and constant frame rates, making it possible to use it in
the context of large scale projects. The system is currently being used at
CRS4
for the
Virtual Sardinia
project and at
CERN as a visualization and data
management tool for the design of the new
Large Hadron Collider.
i3D is brought to you by the
VENUS project at
CERN.
i3D v1.0 was developed by
Jean-Francis Balaguer and
Enrico Gobbetti at the
SciViz Group of
CRS4. Its development is now
being carried over by the
VENUS project at
CERN.
If you want more info, you can :
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subscribe to the i3D mailing list
here;
type subscribe i3d as message body.
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send mail to the mailing list
here;
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take a look at our [FAQ];
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follow links in the menus.
Last update November 23, 1995.