Is Native Naïve? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms.

IF 1.7 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI:10.1109/MCG.2024.3367422

Peter W S Butcher, Andrea Batch, David Saffo, Blair MacIntyre, Niklas Elmqvist, Panagiotis D Ritsos, Theresa-Marie Rhyne

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Abstract

Native game engines have long been the 3-D development platform of choice for research in mixed and augmented reality. For this reason, they have also been adopted in many immersive visualization and immersive analytics systems and toolkits. However, with the rapid improvements of WebXR and related open technologies, this choice may not always be optimal for future visualization research. In this article, we investigate common assumptions about native game engines versus WebXR and find that while native engines still have an advantage in many areas, WebXR is rapidly catching up and is superior for many immersive analytics applications.

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原生游戏是否幼稚？比较作为沉浸式分析开发平台的本地游戏引擎和 WebXR。

长期以来，本地游戏引擎一直是研究混合现实和增强现实的首选三维开发平台。因此，许多沉浸式可视化和沉浸式分析系统和工具包也采用了本地游戏引擎。然而，随着 WebXR 和相关开放技术的快速发展，这种选择可能并不总是未来可视化研究的最佳选择。在本文中，我们调查了关于原生游戏引擎与 WebXR 的常见假设，发现虽然原生引擎在许多领域仍有优势，但 WebXR 正在迅速赶上，并且在许多沉浸式分析应用中更胜一筹。

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IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.60%

发文量

160

审稿时长

>12 weeks

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