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

这个小型企业创新研究（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式表示和交互隐喻。流行的文档技术仍然是面向文本的，也就是说，内容被组织到页面中，并按阅读顺序查看。该公司正在创建一种新的信息交换模式，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环境的数字图尔斯以及机械组装/拆卸图。类似于PDF文件，但专为3D交互环境，所提出的解决方案定义了一个开放的，可移植的模式，可以有效地表示使用便携式可扩展标记语言XML。在第二阶段，该公司将专门从事地理空间应用程序，地图集创建和装配规划的编辑器;解决大数据和用户交互等技术挑战。如果成功，该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此类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效率。这个项目定义了一个新的隐喻，用于处理超越传统组织隐喻（如书籍和网页）的信息。该产品支持复杂的3D信息，并利用了3D图形和可视化技术的最新发展。的代表性的模式是足够简单的小型便携式设备，如PDA的支持，并足够复杂，以支持复杂的人/计算机在3D可视化环境中的交互。

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.