DAFFIE and the Wall Erik Brisson SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

What's in a virtual world? SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

What's in a virtual world? An environment Representations of physical objects –Visual models –Auditory elements Interactions with objects Representations of people - avatars Communication –Gesturing –Telephony –Video SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

DAFFIE An environment Distributed Interactive Visually and aurally rich Input (models, images and sounds) from variety of available tools Simple import method Script driven Accessible to non-expert users Extensible by programmers SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

The DAFFIE scene graph SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

DAFFIE event system Communication between agents SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

The BU DVD Wall 24 projectors 24 Linux machines Passive stereo One “head node” Localized sound Wireless navigation SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

Software for the Wall Chromium – distributed OpenGL library DAFFIE Movie player SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

The End SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008