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Getting Closer To The Truth

Publication Date: 06-MAY-02
Author: Tom Sawyer
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Users can see the model through the "eyes" of a virtual human character who is aware of obstacles and their size and can navigate through the structure as if walking like a human being, rather than viewing it from preset vantage points or flying through it like a ghost. When the virtual visitor climbs stairs and ladders and negotiates passages through a model of solid objects, the ...

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