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IVORY - An Object-Oriented Framework for Physics-Based Information Visualization in Java

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T. C. Sprenger,

Markus H. Gross,

Daniel Bielser,

T. StrasserAuthors Info & Claims

INFOVIS '98: Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization

Pages 79 - 86

Published: 19 October 1998 Publication History

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We present IVORY, a newly developed, platform-independent framework for physics-based visualization. IVORY is especially designed for information visualization applications and multidimensional graph layout. It is fully implemented in Java 1.1 and its architecture features client-server setup, which allows to run the visualization even on thin clients. In addition, VRML 2.0 exports can be viewed by any VRML plugged-in WWW-browser. Individual visual metaphors are invoked into IVORY via an advanced plug-in mechanism, where plug-ins can be implemented by any experienced user. The configuration of IVORY is accomplished using a script language, called IVML. Some interactive visualization examples, such as the integration of an haptic interface illustrate the performance and versatility of our system. Our current implementation supports NT 4.0

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