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ISAAC: a meta-CAD system for virtual environments

Mine, 1997

Document ID
4844682248243448721
Author
Mine M
Publication year
Publication venue
Computer-Aided Design

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This paper presents a description of ISAAC; the Immersive Simulation Animation And Construction program designed and built at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). ISAAC is a scene composition application used for the interactive construction of …
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