Virtual Planetarium in CyberStage

Burkin, Valery; Göbel, Martin; Hasenbrink, Frank; Klimenko, Stanislav; Nikitin, Igor; Tramberend, Henrik

Virtual Planetarium in CyberStage

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Date

2000

Authors

Burkin, Valery
Göbel, Martin
Hasenbrink, Frank
Klimenko, Stanislav
Nikitin, Igor
Tramberend, Henrik

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

We describe an educational application in virtual environment, intended for teaching and demonstration of basics of astronomy. The application includes 3D models of 30 objects in the Solar System, 3200 nearby stars, a large database, containing textual descriptions of all objects in a scene, interactive map of constellations and tools for search and navigation. The methods, needed for visualization of different scale astronomical objects in virtual environment, are described.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGVE/EGVE00/177-186
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments
},
editor = {J. D. Mulder and R. van Liere
},
title = {{Virtual Planetarium in CyberStage
}},
author = {Burkin, Valery and 
Göbel, Martin and 
Hasenbrink, Frank and 
Klimenko, Stanislav and 
Nikitin, Igor and 
Tramberend, Henrik
},
year = {2000
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-530X
},
ISBN = {3-211-83516-4
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGVE/EGVE00/177-186
}
}