SBIR Phase II: The Visual Database: Portable, Extensive Markup Language (XML)-Based Middleware For Media Representation, Interaction and Exchange

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目将为嵌入3D环境中的数字媒体创建一个便携的表示和交互隐喻。流行的文档技术仍然是面向文本的——也就是说，内容被组织成页面，并按阅读顺序查看。该公司正在创建一种新的信息交换范例，该范例通常适用于在交互式3D环境中最容易理解的信息。该技术的应用包括地图上的嵌入式路线、电子医疗记录、生物地图集、建筑物等3D环境的数字导览以及机械组装/拆卸图。与PDF文件类似，但是是为3D交互环境设计的，所提出的解决方案定义了一个开放的、可移植的模式，可以使用可移植的可扩展标记语言XML有效地表示该模式。在第二阶段，公司将专注于地理空间应用、地图集创建和装配规划的编辑；解决诸如大数据和用户交互等技术挑战。如果成功，这项技术将提高研究人员、教师、企业和消费者记录、描述和交换复杂3D内容的能力。这种创新有可能提高创造和交流这种信息的个人和公司的生产力；并提高研究人员和教师向他人传达抽象概念的有效性。该项目定义了一种新颖的隐喻，用于处理超越传统组织隐喻（如书籍和网页）的信息。建议的产品支持复杂的3D信息；并利用了3D图形和可视化技术的最新发展。表示模式足够简单，可以由小型便携式设备（如PDA）支持，也足够复杂，可以在3D可视化环境中支持复杂的人机交互。

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II project will create a portable representational and interaction metaphor for digital media embedded in a 3D context. Popular document technologies remain text oriented-that is, content is organized into pages and viewed in reading order. The company is creating a novel information exchange paradigm that is generally applicable to information that is best understood in an interactive 3D environment. Applications of this technology include embedded routes on maps, electronic medical records, biological atlases, digital tours of 3D environments such as buildings, and mechanical assembly/disassembly diagrams. Analogous to a PDF file, but designed for a 3D interaction environment, the proposed solution defines an open, portable schema that can be efficiently represented using the portable Extensible Markup Language XML. In Phase II the company will specialize the editor for geospatial application, atlas creation, and assembly planning; addressing such technical challenges as large data and user interaction. If successful the technology will enhance the ability of researchers, teachers, businesses, and consumers to record, describe and exchange complex 3D content. This innovation has the potential to improve the productivity of individuals and firms that create and communicate with such information; and to enhance the effectiveness of researchers and teachers to convey abstract concepts to others. This project defines a novel metaphor for working with information that goes beyond traditional organizational metaphors such as books and web pages. The proposed product supports complex 3D information; and takes advantage of recent developments in 3D graphics and visualization technology. The representational schema is simple enough to be supported by small portable devices such as PDA's, and sophisticated enough to support complex human/computer interaction in a 3D visualization environment.