Computational steering in the CAVE

Authors:
Jurriaan D. Mulder;Robert van Liere;Jarke J. van Wijk
Affiliations:
Center for Mathematics and Computer Science CWI, PO Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, Netherlands;Center for Mathematics and Computer Science CWI, PO Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, Netherlands;Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, PO Box 1, 1755 ZG Petten, Netherlands
Venue:
Future Generation Computer Systems
Year:
1998

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Abstract

Scientists can gain much more insight from their simulations if they are enabled to change simulation parameters on the fly while observing the results immediately. A crucial aspect of such computational steering is an intuitive user interface. We have developed an environment that enables researchers to construct such interfaces efficiently and effectively for graphical workstations. In this paper we report on our next step towards more intuitive user-interfaces: We have modified our system for use in the CAVE. The CAVE is a projection-based virtual environment. Virtual environments are designed to provide the effect of immersion in an interactive three-dimensional computer-generated environment. We show that the use of virtual environments for computational steering interfaces can improve interaction with the simulation and immersion in the computational process. We present our system, the methods we have developed for improved 3D interaction, and describe three applications.