3DCIS: A Real-time Browser-rendered 3D Campus Information System Based On WebGL

Most of the current real-time 3D web applications are only available with plug-ins as Flash or additional software as Java. Avoiding this drawback, the new WebGL technology provides hardware accelerated computer graphics for web browsers without requiring plug-ins. Using Blender, WebGL, the WebGL-expanding framework GLGE, and an in-house developed exporter B2G from Blender to GLGE we have realized the cutting-edge web application 3DCIS based on a complex 3D model of our campus. With 3DCIS one is able to explore the campus interactively and to become acquainted with local persons and institutions. Textual information about buildings, rooms and persons is linked with 3D model information to enhance the intuitive experience of 3DCIS.