Paper Info
Title
A Transatlantic Research and Development Environment
Abstract
Our world is now entering an age where our current understanding of telecommunications and graphics computing will be challenged constantly. A current instance is the universal advance of network and graphics technology, new business models, and global infrastructure development that are transforming the solitary, platform-centric model of 3D computing. With the availability of global information highways it is now likely that intercontinental collaboration using 3D graphics will become a common ingredient of daily work. Already, world-class auto makers are attempting to reduce car development time to two-year cycles. Global engineering teams have been enlisted to make this happen. However, new tools such as shared 3D CAD and distributed product data management systems are required to enable this process. Our organizations, the Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG) in the United States and the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) in Germany, are aiming to look ahead into this new age by establishing a computer graphics research effort that spans continents. CRCG and IGD are studying the role of 3D computer graphics and virtual environments in the context of global collaborative work.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1109/38.574686
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
transatlantic research,global collaborative work,new business model,global infrastructure development,computer graphics,new age,global engineering team,computer graphics research effort,global information highway,graphics computing,development environment,graphics technology,cscw,look ahead,real time,virtual environment,3d graphics,computer network,computer graphic
Journal
17
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0272-1716
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
3.78
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael R. Macedonia132150.82
Stefan Noll2167.30