Autodesk Maya

tool: 3DVIA Virtools

Purpose:

A software tool for the creation of 3D interactive environments. It may be used to model and interact with physical objects that currently or have previously existed in the real world, or create virtual environments that have not previously encountered. VirTool player software is available for Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS X, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360.

A&H use case 1 description:

Virtual Reconstruction of Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico is using 3DVIA Virtools to create a digital construct of the Teatro Olimpico theatre in Vicenza, Italy. It is using 3DVIA Virtools to model the internal structure of the Villa Rotonda, located outside Vicenza. The objective of the project is to develop a recreation of the villa through which the user may interact.

Creator:

Dassault Systemes

Publisher:

Dassault Systemes

Specifications:

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)

MS WAV

JPEG

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Bitmap (BMP)

3D XML