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Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision

Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision

Chi Chung Ko, Chang Dong Cheng
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781599047898|ISBN10: 1599047896|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925239|EISBN13: 9781599047911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-789-8.ch010
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Chi Chung Ko and Chang Dong Cheng. "Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision." Interactive Web-Based Virtual Reality with Java 3D, IGI Global, 2009, pp.217-237. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-789-8.ch010

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C. Ko & C. Cheng (2009). Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-789-8.ch010

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Chi Chung Ko and Chang Dong Cheng. "Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision." In Interactive Web-Based Virtual Reality with Java 3D. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-789-8.ch010

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Abstract

One of the most useful and important advantages of 3D graphics rendering and applications is that there is the possibility for the user to navigate through the 3D virtual world in a seamless fashion. Complicated visual objects can be better appreciated from different angles and manipulation of these objects can be carried out in the most natural manner. To support this important function of navigation, the user will often need to use a variety of input devices such as the keyboard, mouse, and joystick in a fashion that befits a 3D scenario. Also, collision handling is important as it will be unnatural if the user can, say, walk through solid walls in the virtual world. The functionality of navigation therefore has a close relationship with input devices and collision detection, all of which can be handled in Java 3D through a variety of straightforward but not so flexible utility classes as well as more complicated but at the same time more flexible user defined methods. The main requirement of navigation is of course to handle or refresh changes in the rendered 3D view as the user moves around in the virtual universe (Wang, 2006). As illustrated in Figure 1, this will require a modification of the platform transform as the user changes his or her position in the universe. Essentially, as will be illustrated in them next section, we will first need to retrieve the ViewPlatformTransform object from the SimpleUniverse object.

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