Architecting 3D Interactive Educational Applications for the Web: The Case Study of CrystalWalk

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Fernando Bardella¹  RafaelCastilho de Moraes¹  AndreMontes Rodrigues¹  RicardoMendes Leal Neto¹  AndreGomes da Silva¹  Thanos Saringelos²  Alexandros Karatzaferis² 

[1] Research Group for Scientific Visualization in Materials (GVCM) at the Center for Materials Science and Technology (CCTM), Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN-CNEN/SP), 2242 Prof. Lineu Prestes Av, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania 731 00, Greece;

关键词: educational platforms;    computer graphics;    interactive web applications;    service-oriented architecture (SOA);    distributed systems;    crystallographic software;   

DOI  :  10.3390/mti2030056

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper describes the technical development of CrystalWalk, a crystal editor and visualization software designed for teaching materials science and engineering aiming to provide an accessible and interactive platform to students, professors and researchers. Justified by the lack of proper didactic tools, an evaluation of the existing crystallographic software has further shown opportunities for the development of a new software, more focused on the educational approach. CrystalWalk’s was guided by principles of free software, accessibility and democratization of knowledge, which was reflected in the application’s architecture strategy and the adoption of state-of-the-art technologies for the development of interactive web applications, such as HTML5/WebGL, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and responsive, resilient and elastic distributed systems. CrystalWalk’s architecture was successful in supporting the implementation of all specified software requirements proposed by state-of-the-art research and deemed to exert a positive impact in building accessible 3D interactive educational applications for the web.

【 授权许可】

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