The mental vision framework - a platform for teaching, practicing and researching with computer graphics and virtual reality

Authors:
Achille Peternier;Frederic Vexo;Daniel Thalmann
Affiliations:
Virtual Reality Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne;Virtual Reality Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne;Virtual Reality Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Venue:
Transactions on edutainment I
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Despite the wide amount of computer graphics frameworks and solutions available, it is still difficult to find a perfect one fitting at the same time many constraints, like pedagogical intents and user-friendliness or speed with high rendering quality and portability. In this article we describe our contribution to the topic: the Mental Vision platform. Mental Vision is a framework composed of a teaching/research oriented graphics engine simplifying the users needs in computer visualization and a set of corollary tools specifically designed for practicing and learning of computer graphics and virtual reality. In this dissertation we explain our approach design and the contribution brought into a series of study cases to show how concretely Mental Vision satisfies existing needs not addressed by other solutions.