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InTml: a description language for VR applications

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3D technologies for the World Wide Web archive
Proceedings of the seventh international conference on 3D Web technology table of contents

Tempe, Arizona, USA

Pages: 53 - 58

Year of Publication: 2002

ISBN:1-58113-468-1

Authors

Pablo Figueroa	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Mark Green	City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
H. James Hoover	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

We present the Interaction Technique Markup Language (InTml), a profile on top of the core X3D that describes 3D interaction techniques (InTs) and hardware platforms. InTml makes 3D InTs easier to understand, compare, and integrate in complete virtual reality (VR) applications. InTml can be used as a front end for any VR toolkit, so InTml documents that plug together 3D InTs, VR objects, and devices can be fully described and executed.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
I. Computing Methodologies
I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism
Subjects: Virtual reality

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

I. Computing Methodologies
I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
I.3.6 Methodology and Techniques
Subjects: Languages

Keywords:
InTml, VR development environments, X3D profiles, virtual reality

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