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VRML
As a Collaborative Design Tools
For Architectural Students
Chris Yeung, John Bradford,
Guyver Cheng, Eric So
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VRML As a Collaborative Design Tools For Architectural Students
 Introduction
 Project Description
 Project Status
 Future Direction
 Conclusion
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Introduction
 Architecture students often design
3-D objects.
 They used to design individually.
 Use different software on
different hardware platforms.
DEC ALPHA
Multimedia PC
Macintosh
HP-UX
 Hard to present 3-D models.
SGI
SUN SPARC
IBM AIX
AMIGA
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Introduction
cont...
 World Wide Web is
popular.
Mac Classic
Workstation
Laptop computer
 VRML -- Virtual Reality
Modeling Language
 Platform independent.
 Affordable
Web-based
Design Tool
IBM Compatible
Data
Mac II
IBM Compatible
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Project Description
 Develop a Web-based application to help
architecture students design 3-D models
collaboratively.
 Use VRML, Java, JavaScript to develop the
application.
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Project Status
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Project Status
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Project Status
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Project Status
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Future Direction
 Add all not-yet-implemented features.
 Lower the requirement for processing
power.
 Make application more user-friendly.
 Carry out testing sessions to collect user
responses for the application.
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Conclusion
 Web-based technologies:
 VRML
 Java
 JavaScript
can help architecture students in
collaborative designs.
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