Publication detail

Development of a Distributed Scene Toolkit Based on Open Inventor

PEČIVA, J.

Original Title

Development of a Distributed Scene Toolkit Based on Open Inventor

Type

Ph.D. thesis principal points

Language

English

Original Abstract

A distributed scene toolkit may be very useful for development of shared virtual environment applications, for example 3D multiplayer games, because time-sensitive distributed applications cause programmers many extraordinary consistency problems. In this thesis we will present the basis of such a toolkit, its design and implementation based on the popular Open Inventor library. The core idea is that one computer is the scene server and all others are the clients. The scene server manages the scene graph and can be used for viewing and modifying the scene as clients do. The client computers are like replica managers. They hold copies of the server's scene graph and make all the synchronization work. The toolkit implements algorithms for maintaining a scene consistency. The Network interface provides a convenient access to network functions and the whole toolkit should help programmers in the development of 3D graphics distributed applications.

Keywords

distributed scene, distributed graphics, distributed virtual environment, computer supported cooperative work, virtual reality, scene graph, Open Inventor

Authors

PEČIVA, J.

Released

29. 8. 2002

Location

Brno

Pages count

45

URL

http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~peciva/DSI/index.php3

BibTex

@misc{BUT192480,
  author="Jan {Pečiva}",
  title="Development of a Distributed Scene Toolkit Based on Open Inventor",
  year="2002",
  pages="45",
  address="Brno",
  url="http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~peciva/DSI/index.php3",
  note="Ph.D. thesis principal points"
}