2008-01-11

Dryad, Stanford's 3D virtual world of trees

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Stanford builds a better virtual world, one tree (or millions) at a time

Stanford researchers are out to prove that object construction in virtual worlds can be sophisticated without being difficult.

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By navigating with a mouse through an infinite number of trees on Dryad virtual world enthusiasts can create the trees of their dreams. Credit: Stanford University
By navigating with a mouse through an infinite number of trees on Dryad, virtual world enthusiasts can create the trees of their dreams. Credit: Stanford University
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Dryad lets you intuitively create beautiful trees for your virtual world or
game. In Dryad, you create a tree by visually navigating to it through a
design space: the space of all trees. This space has close to a hundred
dimensions and Dryad lets you move around it as if it were a city map. To
help you find your way, Dryads around the world communicate to share which trees were picked in the past. A collaborative mapping of the tree space emerges, which your Dryad uses to gently steer you towards high-qualityfinds. We call this collaborative design space exploration.

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Stanford builds a better virtual world, one tree (or millions) at a time
Stanford builds a better virtual world, 1 tree (or millions) at a time