Low Cost Virtual Reality





Low cost virtual reality environment for synchronous and asynchronous work on building models. From (Lindemann ,1996).

Screen elementDescription
View WindowShows the current view of the model loaded.
Object propertiesIf a user clicks on an object in the model the object properties window is shown and it is possible to change attributes and to annotate it.
Chat windowEnables two users to exchange text messages with each other.
View managementEnables user to save views and to move between views.
Control panelThe heart of the system. From this the user can connect to another LCD-VR system. Move around in the model. Change view angle and many more functions.



Lindemann. J, 1996, Low Cost Distributed VR. KBS-Media Lab, Lund University. (40 pp.).
See also http://it.civil.auc.dk/it/reports/vrlindemann/lcdvr.html



©Per Christiansson, 17.4.2001 [17.4.2001]