Project Number
- 5
Title
- The Boeing VSX: Operations with Virtual Aircraft in Virtual Space
Description
- Conceptual demonstration for virtual-environment design of Boeing aircraft systems.
Contact
- Chris Esposito, Meredith Bricken, Keith Butler
Affiliation
- Boeing Advanced Technology Center
Address
- P.O. Box 24346, Mail Stop 7L-64
- Seattle, Washington 98124
- +1.206.865.3162
- Seattle, Washington 98124
WWW
Year
- 1991
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 91 Tomorrow's Realities Program
Project Details
- A conceptual demonstration for virtual space design of Boeing aircraft systems.
- Using a VPL DataGlove and Eyephones interface, user input is channeled through a Macintosh IIfx running design-phase software. Information is rendered by SGI 4D/300 VGX workstations and presented to the Eyephone display gear.
- VSX was designed to enable intense human interaction with computer simulations including applications such as designer or pilot evaluations of aircraft digital designs.
Sight
- SGI 4D/300 VGX workstations(dual), Macintosh IIfx
Sound
Touch
- VPL DataGlove, Polhemus Iostrack position/attitude trackers
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 2 - Prototype, Components, Testing
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 201 - virtual environment
Secondary
- 301 - visualization
Remarks
- Closed-loop interface with Macintosh frontend and SGI backend rendering for realtime rendering response.
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