An Overview of 3D Synthetic Environment Construction

Abstract

This report provides introductory material on three-dimensional synthetic environments. Readers are given an understanding of what synthetic environments are and how they are used in varied disciplines along with a look at some of the technologies used for synthetic environment visualization. Readers are provided with an outline of the sources and nature of synthetic environment data and are presented with the challenges associated with constructing realistic synthetic environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2000
Accession Number
ADA389450

Entities

People

  • Kevin B. Shaw
  • Roy Ladner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Materials
  • Military Science
  • Simulators
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualizations

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Computer Vision.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.