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Foil 22 Two Specialized Services

From General NPAC Foils-B starting June97(PowerPoint) General Research -- June-December 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox


There is a "gray area" between base services and applications
Virtual Environments are a showcase for VRML2 and the emerging lower level but more powerful java3D
  • Training as in classic flight simulators and for SWAT teams
  • Entertainment is seen in 3D games and high end virtual reality theme park attractions
  • MOO like goal of immersing user in a virtual more realistic world which gives visual cues enabling a more productive environment
Data Analysis is natural client side Java Application for visualization/analysis in both scientific and engineering simulations and in areas like economic modeling



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