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Web Version of
IntelligentBox
(
WebIB
)
and Its Integration with Webble World
Yoshihiro Okada
Innovation Center for Educational Resource (ICER), Kyushu University Library,
Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
okada@inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract.
This paper treats a 3D graphics software development system called
IntelligentBox
known as a 3D meme media system and its web version (
We-
bIB
).
IntelligentBox
provides various 3D software components called
boxes
each of which has a unique functionality and a 3D visible shape.
IntelligentBox
also provides a dynamic data linkage mechanism that allows users to develop
interactive 3D graphics applications only by combining already existing
boxes
through direct manipulations on a computer screen. Recently, the author ex-
tended
IntelligentBox
system to make it possible to develop interactive web 3D
contents. This is called the web version of
IntelligentBox
(
WebIB
). This ex-
tended mechanism is also regarded to be available for the integration of
Intelli-
gentBox
with Webble World, an open web-based meme media environment.
This paper explains essential mechanisms of
IntelligentBox
and
WebIB
, intro-
duces some interactive web 3D contents realized using
WebIB
, and also dis-
cusses about the possibility of the integration of
IntelligentBox
with Webble
World.
Keywords:
3D graphics, Toolkit system, Component ware, Web contents, 3D
Meme Media.
1
Introduction
Advances in recent computer hardware technology have made possible 3D rendering
images in real time. Consequently, 3D software has become in great demand although
its development is more laborious work than 2D software development. For this rea-
son, we proposed a 3D graphics software development system called
IntelligentBox
known as a 3D meme media system [1, 2]. Application fields of
IntelligentBox
in-
clude 3D-CG animation creation, virtual reality software development, interactive
simulator development, and so on. However, the developed 3D graphics applications
could not be available on the web. If they were available on the web, the usefulness of
IntelligentBox
would become higher. Therefore, we extended
IntelligentBox
system to
make it possible to develop interactive web 3D contents [3, 4]. This is called
WebIB
as the web version of
IntelligentBox
. In this paper, we explain essential mechanisms
of
IntelligentBox
and
WebIB
, and introduce some interactive web 3D contents includ-
ing educational contents and information visualization tools.
