Applications of Behavior Categorized by Stimulus and Object of Change


object of change
/ stimulus
(reason for
change)

TransformGroup
(visual objects change
orientation or location)

Geometry
(visual objects change
shape or colour)

Scene Graph
(adding, removing, or
switching objects)

View
(change viewing
location or direction)

Sound

user

interaction

application specific

Virtual musical instrument

application specific

navigation

Kinesthesia  / Force feedback replacement

collisions

visual objects
change orientation or location

visual objects
change appearance
in collision

Temperature metaphore

visual objects
disappear in
collision

View changes with
collision

Touch (surface, temperature) / Force feedback replacement

time

animation

animation

animation

animation

Music

View location

billboard

application specific

level of detail
(LOD)

Second View, always perpendicular to the main one

Warm/Cold game