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e-ISSN : 2231-2471, p-ISSN : 2319-2224 VSRD International Journals : www.vsrdjournals.com RESEARCH COMMUNICATION VIVATY STUDIO : A X3D/VRML DEVELOPER FOR VR IMMERSIVE SIMULATION 1 Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate* and 2 D.S. Ingole 1 Principal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vikramshila Polytechnic, Darapur, Maharashtra, INDIA. 2 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Engineering, Technology & Research, Amravati, Maharashtra, INDIA. *Corresponding Author: dipakvshirbhate@gmail.com ABSTRACT In this paper we present Vivaty Studio, a fully distributed virtual environments browser, which has a special support for personal computer clusters and immersive visualization devices. The presented mechanism intends to be fast and easy to use to develop virtual reality applications based on the X3D format, enabling great flexibility for displays and interaction devices, allowing users to concentrate only on content creation. Vivaty Studio is an interactive tool for creating interactive and animated 3D worlds. It allows the user to create all aspects of an X3D world with a graphical user interface. Vivaty Studio is useful for beginners and advanced users, who want to create interactive and 3D worlds quickly and export them in serveral formats, including VRML, X3D, 3DS, etc. Formerly Flux Studio 2 (MediaMachines), it is a web3D authoring tool for creating geometry, animation, and interactivity. It imports from a variety of formats, exports the open standard (X3D,X3dv,VRML) formats and Vivaty's own encrypted fx3d format. Keywords: X3D, VR, CAD, UI .
1. INTRODUCTION Three-dimensional virtual experiences are important steps in many fields of science and industry, and one of the reasons of their success is the availability of personal computers with powerful 3D resources. Therefore personal computer clusters are becoming a feasible solution for immersive visualization systems, since they provide the necessary hardware to support screens synchronization. 2. BACKGROUND AND RELATED WORK Virtual reality has been used for a long time in different application domains like science, engineering and art. But there are still many possible fields of research and applications that create a new demand for hardware and software solutions. An attractive and yet expensive solution for immersive visualization systems is the use of graphical supercomputer based upon which many tools for the development of virtual reality immersive systems were developed. Nevertheless, this kind of solution creates a great dependency on the manufacturer. We strongly believe that the personal cluster technology can facilitate the access to powerful and low cost virtual reality systems. 3. VIVATY STUDIO: NEW APPROACH TO VR Vivaty, is opening up its platform, extending more custom options to developers and users. This is occurring more quickly than we typically see with other similar virtual environments, as Vivaty just launched a few years ago, but the competition is getting pretty steep for Web- based virtual worlds and increased user interaction will help Vivaty attract users on a widened scale. Vivaty Create and Vivaty Studio will work in tandem, and will allow developers and users to have an application for building and creating their own virtual items and scenes, with an accompanying platform on which to share their finished products. The Vivaty Studio works on the X3D standard, and supports import capabilities from other professional design studios, offering some fluidity amongst those developers that have already created items for other virtual environments. The good thing about this is that it doesnt limit developers to items created from scratch, using Vivaty Studio. With hoards of competition coming from a number of other virtual environments and platforms like Google 3D and its own Lively, such a concession from Vivaty is necessary for encouraging the developer community. The Vivaty platform for sharing creations, however, doesnt appear to be self-sustaining, as Vivaty will determine what designs are presented as integrated content available to all users. The niche markets in which Vivaty operates are probably a factor in this decision, and I dont think it will hinder the platforms long-term success. The introduction of Vivaty Create and Vivaty Studio help Vivaty appeal to both the consumer and the developer market, as it, just like many other Web-based virtual environments, allows media-sharing amongst its users, such as video embeds and image streams. Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate and D.S. Ingole VSRDIJCSIT, Vol. IV (VI) June 2014 / 2
Fig. 1 : An Image of the Software (Vivaty Studio) Interface
4. PREVIOUS WORK/METHODOLOGY In past, Virtual scene creators were creating scene in 3D Commercial available pakages like AutoCAD,Pro/E, Catia Etc. Simulations were carried out in Pakages like Maya or 3dMax studio. Finally, The entire scene was exported to VRML. VRML browsers like CortVRML or Cosmo Player was allowing user to view the contents. User was able to view contents from different viewpoints. Tools like PAN,WALK,STUDY were giving some sort of interactivity. These browsers do not allow user to create contents. A small modification will require user to go back to his original 3D modeling package thereby 3D content creation and Modification was tedious task. A little variation in the graphical simulation will ask user to go back to Pakages like Maya or 3Ds Max Studio. VR community was looking for a software having integrated approach like 3D content creation, Simulation and Visualization. Vivaty studio is answer to this problem. With Vivaty Studio, users can create content for Scenes, as well as any 3D model, but also optimises what content they make in other programs; using other professional tools. Studio uses COLLADA [an open XML format] so it can interact with 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender and Photoshop [CS3 and above]. After that, it exports to X3D format to make it browser compatible." 5. TOOLBARS OF VIVATY STUDIO In addition to basic File, View, Edit, Selection Vivaty gives you following tool bars for 3D virtual world creation and manupulation. Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate and D.S. Ingole VSRDIJCSIT, Vol. IV (VI) June 2014 / 3
Fig. 2 : Create, Tools, Animation, Interaction, Character and Publish Toolbars Although Vivaty Studio is a 3D modeling and animation application, the real value add of this application is the web3D authoring. We highly recommend Vivaty Studio for 3D artists and programmers. For artists and those slightly familiar with standard 3D modeling software, it has a user-friendly UI to get one creating interactive content in no time. Simple wizards and drag/drop menu features can add basic functionality to 3D objects in a few clicks. Animations can be made in Vivaty Studio with a simple animation time-line or imported directly from other DCC tools (personally found COLLADA imports work best). Most of the 3D artists love working with Vivaty Studio as it allows them to create interactive 3D without having to know anything about programming. For programmers, a great tool to quickly assemble scenes in, more fun to look at than code all the time, and an "Advanced" menu where you can add Scripts, Routes, and more for deeper levels of interaction and functionality. Users love the "Export text to clipboard" feature as it is great when user want to hack the code in a standard text editor (Notepad, Wordpad) or X3D Edit. 6. CONCLUSION Billions of dollars are invested in CAD and technical product information. But 3D data created with CAD applications, is difficult to share with other users across the enterprise. Integrating 3D data, such as CAD engineering files, into other applications for sales & marketing or training is time consuming and difficult. The open standards X3D CAD initiative with the help of Vivaty Studio will let customers access and repurpose complex 3D and technical data and seamlessly integrate it into other common desktop applications across the enterprise. Professionals outside of CAD and engineering will be able to access this graphical data, including animation, materials and textures, to increase productivity, cut costs and generate new revenue streams. This increases the value of the CAD data and reduces costs in other areas. Applications include customer visualization, design communication, training, technical documentation, sales and marketing, and customer Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate and D.S. Ingole VSRDIJCSIT, Vol. IV (VI) June 2014 / 4
support. 7. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF VIVATY STUDIO AT A GLANCE Specifications : Developer Vivaty, Inc. Latest Verson : 1.0 (Released on 19 Sep 2009) Home Page : Web3D.org Download Size : 13.2 MB Licence : Freeware Legacy Category : CAD 8. REFERENCES [1] www.web3d.org/realtime-3d/x3d-vrml/vivaty-studio- download [2] vivaty-studio.software.informer.com
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