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openDOORS is related to Computer Graphics, Human Computer Interaction, gaming much more. I plan to develop an Room Simulating Engine which will take a simple script specifying the structure of a room with description of the position and other attributes of various object in the room. Also the script will have provision for specifying doors which link to other rooms. I will make it possible to have a client at the user end requesting a server fro room scripts from a remote server over the Internet. The user will be able to access any room and move about in the room seeing (and possibly interacting) with the various objects. He/she would be able to cross over from the doors to other rooms. I see a variety of applications for the idea.

1. It can serve a generic engine for development of 3D games.

2. Simulation of a building remotely. Useful for architects to sell there plans online

3. New user interface for browsing the next. The client application can serve as a browser requesting a room page from an URL. So people can make websites or more appropriately web houses for presenting there stuff.

4. Other ideas keep on coming

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We can add in capabilties in the script will be used to define a room plan for a website for aspects like security, dynamic objects, etc. Also i plan make some support application for this thing liek FrontPage where you can use a WUSIWYG interface to just pick and olace objects, doors, rooms and it will automatically generate the script for that plan. This will surely go a long way in increasing the practical usability of my work.

To continue with this project I will be needing to study about 3D camera based viewing (I already have some idea about it). I am sure that application can find a lot of use in various situation. Also must mention that I am habitual of cooking everying up from the core by my own code to as much extent as possible.

So i hope you will reply with suggestions and guidance.