TBAG: a high level framework for interactive, animated 3D graphics applications

ABSTRACT

We present a paradigm and toolkit for rapid prototyping of interactive, animated 3D graphics programs. The paradigm has its roots in declarative programming, emphasizing immutable values, first class functions, and relations, applying these concepts to a broad range of types, including points, vectors, planes, colors, transforms, geometry, and sound. The narrow role of modifiable state in this paradigm allows applications to be run in a collaborative setting (multi-user and multi-computer) without modification.

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Index Terms

• Computing methodologies

  • Computer graphics

    • Animation

    • Graphics systems and interfaces

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

    • Interaction devices

      • Graphics input devices

• Mathematics of computing

  • Mathematical analysis

    • Differential equations

      • Ordinary differential equations

• Software and its engineering

  • Software creation and management

    • Software development process management

      • Software development methods

        • Rapid application development

    • Software development techniques

      • Software prototyping

  • Software notations and tools

    • General programming languages

      • Language types

        • Functional languages