SPLITTING THE SCENE GRAPH - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality

Florian Echtler, Manuel Huber, Daniel Pustka, Peter Keitler, Gudrun Klinker

2008

Abstract

Scene graphs have been a core element of 3D graphics since the publication of Inventor. However, in Virtual and Augmented Reality applications, 3D graphics are often interleaved with and controlled by real-world data provided by pose trackers, cameras and other kinds of sensors. In such a setup, the generalized concept of a Spatial Relationship Graph (SRG) might be better suited as an underlying data structure to describe the application and its components. In this paper, we will give an overview of the SRG concept, describe its difference to a scene graph and provide an example AR application built upon an SRG-based tracking library.

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Echtler F., Huber M., Pustka D., Keitler P. and Klinker G. (2008). SPLITTING THE SCENE GRAPH - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-20-3, pages 456-459. DOI: 10.5220/0001099804560459


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp08,
author={Florian Echtler and Manuel Huber and Daniel Pustka and Peter Keitler and Gudrun Klinker},
title={SPLITTING THE SCENE GRAPH - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={456-459},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001099804560459},
isbn={978-989-8111-20-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)
TI - SPLITTING THE SCENE GRAPH - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality
SN - 978-989-8111-20-3
AU - Echtler F.
AU - Huber M.
AU - Pustka D.
AU - Keitler P.
AU - Klinker G.
PY - 2008
SP - 456
EP - 459
DO - 10.5220/0001099804560459