VIRTUAL DESIGN - A GENERIC VR SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

IGD's general purpose virtual reality system, ''Virtual Design,'' perm its the processing of highly diverse applications, A number of modelin g data formats can be imported into and processed by the system. In a preprocessing step the incoming data is adjusted to the requirements o f virtual reality and radiosity lighting is precalculated. Configurati on files specify the behaviour of the model and possible interactions during the execution phase. Virtual Design is based on the VR toolkit of IGD, which provides a variety of libraries covering graphics, acous tics, simulation, display, navigation, and interaction. This paper int roduces the various components of the system and presents an integrate d audiovisual solution tailored for virtual reality. A couple of diffe rent applications demonstrate the usability and flexibility of the sys tem.