A Constrained Road-Based VR Navigation Technique for Travelling in 3D City Models
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), page 228--235 - 2005
In this paper we propose a novel navigation metaphor
for the exploration of 3D city models in virtual environments.
The presented metaphor supports intuitive navigation
without disorientation through 3D city models in
a manner similar to travelling in the real world. Based
on a graph representation of the road network of a 3D
city model camera paths are calculated and used to enable
smooth camera motion. We will explain how smooth
camera motions are computed and describe a user interface
usable in both desktop-based as well as projection-based
environments to specify travel destinations.
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@InProceedings{RSH05, author = "Ropinski, Timo and Steinicke, Frank and Hinrichs, Klaus H.", title = "A Constrained Road-Based VR Navigation Technique for Travelling in 3D City Models", booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT)", pages = "228--235", year = "2005", keywords = "virtual-muenster-city-visualization", url = "http://basilic.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/Publications/2005/RSH05" }