文档介绍：The Development of a Dynamic Interactive for researchers with varied backgrounds to achieve
Computer Graphics Research and Educational day-to-day results through hands-on interaction.
Support Environment There is now a need to increase the availability
of resources to maximize researcher efficiency
Frederick R. Stocker with minimal resource allocation.
Gerald G. Johnson, Jr.
Herbert A. McKinstry Systems need to be developed which:
The Pennsylvania State University 1. Allow a researcher to interact directly
puter systems without first
The Pennsylvania State putation having to obtain detailed information
Center is currently performing research and dev- about the system environment.
elopment in providing an effective research and
training support environment which enables a user, 2. Rapidly maximize a researcher'-
whether researcher or student, to e familiar petence in an interactive graphics
with an available base of graphics hardware and environment.
software support and to proceed to original
programming with confidence and effectiveness. 3. Allow a user to grasp the fundamentals
of the system so that the user eventually
The main consideration is to provide an fortable in operating the
interactive programming environment in puter system.
users can e self-sufficient in coping with
both hardware operation and potential as well as 4. Reduce the researcher's involvement with
effective utilization of software in a reasonably primary resources as sophistication in
short period of time. Such users should not have system usage is developed.
to puter graphics specialists to apply a
graphics system to their fields of expertise. 5. Minimize the demands upon people already
Users should be thoroughly trained to understand familiar with the system.
and handle an available hardware/software system
in order to be better able to evaluate the Such a system has been designed, tested and
potential system usage directly and effectivel