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Building Configurable 3D Web Applications with Flex-VR

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Interactive 3D Multimedia Content

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In this chapter, a novel approach to building behavior-rich interactive 3D Web applications is presented. The approach, called Flex-VR, enables building configurable 3D applications in which content can be relatively easily created and modified by common users. Flex-VR applications are based on configurable content, i.e., content that may be interactively or automatically configured based on a library of components. Configuration of application content from components simplifies content creation allowing users without programming skills to perform this task efficiently. Experienced users—programmers and 3D designers—can add new components to the library, thus extending system capabilities. In this chapter, an overview of the Flex-VR approach is provided and two important elements of the Flex-VR are described in detail: Flex-VR content structuralization and Flex-VR content model. A number of design patterns, which enable configuration of complex content structures, and an example Flex-VR application are also presented.

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Walczak, K. (2012). Building Configurable 3D Web Applications with Flex-VR. In: Cellary, W., Walczak, K. (eds) Interactive 3D Multimedia Content. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2497-9_5

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