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Interactive 3D Visualization of Optical Phenomena
July-August 1998 (vol. 18 no. 4)
pp. 66-69
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David C. Banks, Jay M. Brown, John T. Foley, Kiril N. Vidimce, Ming-Hoe Kiu, "Interactive 3D Visualization of Optical Phenomena," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 66-69, July-August, 1998.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/38.689667,
author = {David C. Banks and Jay M. Brown and John T. Foley and Kiril N. Vidimce and Ming-Hoe Kiu},
title = {Interactive 3D Visualization of Optical Phenomena},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {18},
number = {4},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {1998},
pages = {66-69},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.689667},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - Interactive 3D Visualization of Optical Phenomena
IS - 4
SN - 0272-1716
SP66
EP69
EPD - 66-69
A1 - David C. Banks,
A1 - Jay M. Brown,
A1 - John T. Foley,
A1 - Kiril N. Vidimce,
A1 - Ming-Hoe Kiu,
PY - 1998
KW - computer-aided instruction; interactive 3D graphics; human-computer interaction; optics.
VL - 18
JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
ER -
 
We describe a multidisciplinary effort that created interactive 3D graphical modules for visualizing optical phenomena. These modules, designed for use in an upper-level undergraduate physics course, were developed in OpenInventor, which allows them to run under both Unix and Windows. The work is significant in that it applies contemporary interactive 3D visualization techniques to instructional courseware. This represents a considerable advance over the current state of the practice.

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Index Terms:
computer-aided instruction; interactive 3D graphics; human-computer interaction; optics.
Citation:
David C. Banks, Jay M. Brown, John T. Foley, Kiril N. Vidimce, Ming-Hoe Kiu, "Interactive 3D Visualization of Optical Phenomena," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 66-69, July-Aug. 1998, doi:10.1109/38.689667
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