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Height Map A height map is a matrix of co-ordinates referring to specific points within the virtual world. This grid contains values at each point that indicate the height of the land above some minimum point. Typically this is imported into a virtual environment with a fixed size grid and is used to sculpt mountains, valleys, hills, and rivers by use of vertexes from point to point. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Results by page [1] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Java Virtual Environment Device Interfaces or JVEDI are specialised driver interfaces, written in Java, to allow VRML based VR worlds to access more advanced interface devices. The JVEDI project was last active in 2000, at the height of VRML usage, however the drivers still exist today, courtesy of the Visualisation and Virtual Reality Group.
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Results by page (05/06/2008)
No, really. An enthusiast has released a construction video of how to build a mulitouch interface out of a cardboard box, stick back plastic, paper, and home-made ciruit boards. Not for everyone perhaps, this truly shows how cheap such inte...
(25/09/2007)
WD-2 is a robot who looks like anyone and everyone. It has a face made of a rigid yet elastic material called Septom, which, when rods are pushed into the rear surface at any of 17 key points, changes its shape to mimic huma...
(15/09/2008)
South Africans are testing the use of GPS-guided model airplanes to transport blood and saliva samples from remote areas to a central laboratory. Rather than each location having the facilities to test and upload the results, they simply ha...
(13/12/2008)
As 2008 comes to a close, another video is released, showing fembot Aiko?s progress in designer Le Trung?s attempt to build a woman. (02/10/2009)
Gladiatorial matches between bipedal humanoid robots, a thought-controlled robot, and one that can flip its head back so you can ride it were among the robots featured in Robo-One, an event last weekend in Toyama City, Japan. ...
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