PT Journal
AU Seibert, H
   Dähne, P
TI System Architecture of a Mixed Reality Framework
SO JVRB - Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting
PY 2007
VL 3(2006)
IS 7
DI 10.20385/1860-2037/3.2006.7
DE Augmented Reality; Mixed Reality framework; data-flow management; distributed systems
AB In this paper the software architecture of a framework which simplifies the development of applications in the area of Virtual and Augmented Reality is presented. It is based on VRML/X3D to enable rendering of audio-visual information. We extended our VRML rendering system by a device management system that is based on the concept of a data-flow graph. The aim of the system is to create Mixed Reality (MR) applications simply by plugging together small prefabricated software components, instead of compiling monolithic C++ applications. The flexibility and the advantages of the presented framework are explained on the basis of an exemplary implementation of a classic Augmented Realityapplication and its extension to a collaborative remote expert scenario.
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