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elated to the laboratories and get some advice from the lecturer. And they can even launch a video clip about
the lectures related to the lab. The proposed package will be housed in the SGI Oynx Machine and connected
to a LAN for trial run.
Phase 2 & 3 of the project will be implemented to all the different departments within Singapore Polytechnic.
And later on will the programs will be put into the Internet Server in Singapore and allows people from all
over the world to view and visit Singapore Polytechnic.
Scene Graphs
Figure 1 and 2 show some of the simple model created for the project. The user will be able to walk through
the lab and by clicking certain position, different types of information will be shown to the user.
Benefits to the Students
The set-up used for the proposed project will provide a good opportunity for the staffs and students to learn the
concepts of Internet & Virtual Reality Language. Data can also be translated to other formats (color, intensity
etc..) as it generated, and then easily reviewed or for further analysed. This can be particularity helpful for
students with physical or perceptual disabilities. Students can have access to apparatus which in real life is too
expensive, too delicate, too big and too dangerous to keep in classroom.
Benefits to Industry
With the growing awareness of the Internet, many companies like to explore the possibility offering services or
market their products on the Internet. The proposed project can be used as a demo to the industry on putting
VR in the Internet. With the prototype capability, different industry can see the benefits offering VR in the
Internet. They also be able to evaluate the possibility of putting their products or services in the Internet. The
system can be easily adapted to Industry by means of VRML. At present, seventeen companies and
organisation had already shown their support for VRML-based 3D graphics on the World Wide Web.
Summary
The rapid, nearly exploding growth of the Internet & WWW has already been shown to the general public how
powerful this new communication concept is. In Singapore Polytechnic, we also believe the similar growth for
VRML. With more and more vendors supporting VRML & 3D in the Internet, it could become a standard
format for exchange information and engineering applications.
Acknowledgments
We like to thank Dr. Tan Tin Wee, National University of Singapore for providing VRML
browsers and advice on creating VRML object. The work is partly supported by the TOTE board funding by
Economic & Development Board, Singapore
References:
[Lee 94] T Berners-Lee VRML- the building space
[VRML 96] http://vrml.wired.com/vrml.tech/vrml0-3.html