AstroSim: Collaborative Visualization of an Astrophysics Simulation in Second Life

作者：Nakasone Arturo^*; Prendinger Helmut; Holland Simon; Miura Kenichi; Hut Piet; Makino Jun

来源：IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2009, 29(5): 69-81.

DOI：10.1109/MCG.2009.79

• Collaboration
• Data visualization
• Astrophysics
• Software
• Second Life
• Three dimensional displays
• Data mining
• computer graphics
• virtual worlds
• Second Life
• stellar-dynamics simulation
• collaborative astrophysics
• 3D visualization

Developed in the Second Life 3D online multiuser environment, AstroSim (astrophysics simulation) provides synchronous collaborative visualization for astronomers. Users can play, halt, and rewind simulations and annotate stars interactively to track individual stars and gain a better understanding of stellar dynamics and astrophysics phenomena.

• 出版日期2009-10
• 单位中国科学院国家天文台