Project Number
- 41
Title
- A System for Distributed Physical Interactions
Description
- Nearly linear-efficient computing demonstration of real-time distributed simulations.
Contact
- Martin Friedmann
Affiliation
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Address
- MIT Media Laboratory
- 20 Ames Street, E15-384c
- Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
- 20 Ames Street, E15-384c
WWW
Year
- 1992
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 92 Final Program
Project Details
- A system for distributed real-time execution of physical simulations that demonstrates efficiency as a nearly linear function of the number of processors involved.
- Users interactively apply forces and constraints to deformable 3D models and immediately see the physical effects of their changes. The simulation optimizes dynamics computation, network bandwidth, and distributed resource allocation through an efficient "market-based" strategy rather than central control.
- This system shows an interesting and rarely seen virtual environment where many users at different sites can interact together with 3D physical models.
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- -
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Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 1 - Technology (innovation, machine)
Primary
- 105 - emerging technology
Secondary
- 304 - distributed interaction
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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