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Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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StellarSim: A Plug-In Architecture for Scientific Visualizations in Virtual Worlds

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_9,
        author={Amy Henckel and Cristina Lopes},
        title={StellarSim: A Plug-In Architecture for Scientific Visualizations in Virtual Worlds},
        proceedings={Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={FAVE},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={virtual environments content creation 3D objects simulation modeling astronomical modeling OpenSim},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_9}
    }
    
  • Amy Henckel
    Cristina Lopes
    Year: 2012
    StellarSim: A Plug-In Architecture for Scientific Visualizations in Virtual Worlds
    FAVE
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_9
Amy Henckel1,*, Cristina Lopes1,*
  • 1: University of California, Irvine
*Contact email: ahenckel@uci.edu, lopes@uci.edu

Abstract

More and more researchers in a variety of fields are turning to virtual worlds for 3D simulations and scientific modeling. The use of virtual worlds in this manner offers many benefits. However, the critical task of creating 3D objects for a simulation model is still a manual process, which can be time consuming. Our research concentrates on creating a process that allows for the automatic population of 3D objects in virtual worlds for researchers.

Keywords
virtual environments content creation 3D objects simulation modeling astronomical modeling OpenSim
Published
2012-05-23
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_9
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