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Enhancing X3DOM declarative 3D with rigid body physics support

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Andreas Stamoulias,

Athanasios G. Malamos,

Markos Zampoglou,

Don BrutzmanAuthors Info & Claims

Web3D '14: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technologies

Pages 99 - 107

https://doi.org/10.1145/2628588.2628602

Published: 08 August 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Given that physics can be fundamental for realistic and interactive Web3D applications, a number of JavaScript versions of physics engines have been introduced during the past years. This paper presents the implementation of the rigid body physics component, as defined by the X3D specification, in the X3DOM environment, and the creation of dynamic 3D interactive worlds. We briefly review the state of the art in current technologies for Web3D graphics, including HTML5, WebGL and X3D, and then explore the significance of physics engines in building realistic Web3D worlds. We include a comprehensive review of JavaScript physics engine libraries, and proceed to summarize the significance of our implementation while presenting in detail the methodology followed. The results obtained so far from our cross-browser experiments demonstrate that real-time interactive scenes with hundreds of rigid bodies can be constructed and operate with acceptable frame rates, while the allowing the user to maintain the scene control.

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Zampoglou MKapetanakis KStamoulias AMalamos APanagiotakis S(2018)Adaptive streaming of complex Web 3D scenes based on the MPEG-DASH standardMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-016-4255-877:1(125-148)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-016-4255-8
Andrioti HStamoulias AKapetanakis KPanagiotakis SMalamos AJia JHamza-Lup FSchreck T(2015)Integrating WebRTC and X3DOMProceedings of the 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology10.1145/2775292.2775316(9-15)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2775292.2775316
Ahire AEvans ABlat JJia JHamza-Lup FSchreck T(2015)Animation on the webProceedings of the 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology10.1145/2775292.2775298(249-257)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2775292.2775298

Index Terms

Enhancing X3DOM declarative 3D with rigid body physics support
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Image and video acquisition
        3D imaging
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Animation

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Zampoglou MKapetanakis KStamoulias AMalamos APanagiotakis S(2018)Adaptive streaming of complex Web 3D scenes based on the MPEG-DASH standardMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-016-4255-877:1(125-148)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-016-4255-8
Andrioti HStamoulias AKapetanakis KPanagiotakis SMalamos AJia JHamza-Lup FSchreck T(2015)Integrating WebRTC and X3DOMProceedings of the 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology10.1145/2775292.2775316(9-15)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2775292.2775316
Ahire AEvans ABlat JJia JHamza-Lup FSchreck T(2015)Animation on the webProceedings of the 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology10.1145/2775292.2775298(249-257)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2775292.2775298

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