Project Number
- 114
Title
- Solar System Modeler
Description
- Networked immersive virtual environment for interactive study of heavenly bodies.
Contact
- Martin R. Stytz
Affiliation
- Air Force Institute of Technology
Address
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
- +1.513.255.9270
- +1.513.476.4055 fax
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
- mstytz@afit.af.mil
WWW
Year
- 1995
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 95 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "In Solar System Modeler, users fly through the solar system, travel between the planets, watch moons in orbit, and ride a comet toward the sun. This immersive virtual reality uses networked computers to compute and portray the movement of satellites, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids in the solar system."
- "Solar System Modeler grew out of the observation that as the number of satellites in orbit increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to visualize the spatial relationships between space vehicles."
- "Users of Solar System Modeler are completely immersed in the environment and can explore the entire solar system."
Sight
- graphics workstation, immersive display
Sound
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 4 - Practical, Consumable, Applied
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 301 - visualization
Secondary
- 201 - virtual environment
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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