A model kit : a system for constructing three-dimensional interactive graphic models
Name
11521705-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
8.54 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
7cb86e7d9ece94357e0c11d585517318
Author(s)
Nisselson, Jane
Advisor(s)
Patrick Purcell.
Alternative Title
System for constructing three-dimensional interactive graphic models
Date Issued
1983
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The following project introduces an interactive graphic environment in which one can build and explore three-dimensional models. One can reach directly into this image space to construct a model from a database of components. A stereoscopic video display is combined with a real space by means of a semi-transparent mirror to create this three-dimensional workspace. The model's imagery is perceptible to both the visual and kinaesthetic senses as one directly places and moves it in space with his hand. An electromagnetic six degree-of-freedom digitizer mounted on a small wooden "wand", with a pushbutton mounted in the handle, tracks the user's hand in space to allow direct interaction with a computer mediated graphic operation. Models have been built out of images of cities, robots. the human eye, microscopic views of a metal powder, and cross-sections of a brain. The interactive models made with this kit can be saved, redisplayed and rebuilt
Description
Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1983.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-81).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
