Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment (DIVE)

1. Platforms, Prices, and Company
• SGI Irix 5.3 and above, HP-UX 9.0x and 10.x, Solaris 2.4 and above, SunOS 4, Linux 2.x, Windows NT
• Free
• Swedish Institute of Computer Science: http://www.sics.se/
2. Applications
• The Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment (DIVE) is an internet-based multi-user VR system where participants navigate in 3D space and see, meet and interact with other users and applications.
3. Examples/Samples
• DIVE Example Images http://www.sics.se/dive/demos/images
• DIVE Example Movies http://www.sics.se/dive/demos/movies
4. File formats
• Importing file formats: Dive Files (vr, vr.gz, vr.Z), Dive Binary Files (bvr, bvr.gz, bvr.Z), AC3D Files (ac, ac.gz, ac.Z), VRML Files (wrl, wrl.gz, wrl.Z)
• Exporting file formats: Dive Files (vr), AC3D Files (ac), VRML Files (wrl)
• Uses tcl for scripting of motions.
• I/O plug-ins available for other formats
5. Web Resources:
• DIVE Homepage http://www.sics.se/dive/dive.html
• DIVE Related sites http://www.sics.se/dive/related
• DIVE Quality of Service Report http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/research/QoS_DIVE_Report.html