Project Number
- 82
Title
- Proyecto Xochicalco: A Networked Virtual Environments System Featuring an Ancient Aztec/Mayan Ball Game Played on the Replicated Virtual Site of Xochicalco, Mexico
Description
- Educational and entertainment simulation.
Contact
- Gregorio Rivera
Affiliation
- Studio Xo and Spatial Relations
Address
- 6 Brigham Street
- East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
- +1.617.742.22259
- +1.617.742.22259 fax
- East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
- spatial @world.std.com
WWW
Year
- 1994
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 94 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "Proyecto Xochicalco (shó-shee-cal-co) is a sophisticated, networked virtual environments game system that uses the power of this new medium to simultaneously address two application areas: entertainment and education."
- The premise is a distributed simulation of an accurately reconstructed environment of Xochicalco, the Aztec/Mayan archeological site where participants explore the historical environment, play the ancient Aztec/Mayan ball game, and interact with a human guide in the virtual environment.
- Players use a stereoscopic head-mounted display (HMD) with magnetic tracking sensors for movement and two-way communication features. The simulation runs between three locations (The Edge, SIGGRAPH 94, and the Boston Computer Museum) over the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocol used by the Department of Defense.
Sight
- graphics workstation, stereoscopic head-mounted display
Sound
- two-way headmounted communication
Touch
- magnetic tracking sensors for movement tracking
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 5 - Established, Finished
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 309 - entertainment
Secondary
- 306 - education
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
- Distributed Simulation.
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