A model kit : a system for constructing three-dimensional interactive graphic models

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

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1983

Author dc:creator

• Nisselson, Jane

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Patrick Purcell.

• Architecture.

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• 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.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78770

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/78770