The Simulated Railroad Framework Project

Welcome to the Project Web of the Simulated Railroad Framework project.

Please find further details here:

• Project's Details and Discussion (Sourceforge Native Information)

• Other Pages of the Project Web

Summary

This project's intention is to deliver an open source framework for virtual (model) railroads that are based on VRML/X3D and especially on the network sensor concept of the Web3D consortium (please refer to http://www.web3d.org).

The main goals of this project are the gain of know how and the experimental implementation of the SRR Framework (Simulated Railroad Framework).

A future intention could be to migrate the base module of the SRR Framework from the application layer downwards to the Web3D Browser (we call this idea SMUOS/C3P – Simple Multiuser Online Scenes/Collaborative 3D Profile).

Therefore we outsourced the Simple Multiuser Online Scenes project (smuos.sourceforge.net) and started its Phase I (using proprietary Network Sensor(s)).

This project – the simulrr project – is developing two items of "soft"ware:

1. The concept SrrTrains (please refer to the Concepts' Descriptions)

2. The experimental SRR Framework (a set of X3D prototypes – pls. refer to Sourceforge Download),
   which is a central item of software within the context of the concept SrrTrains

The SRR Framework is intended mainly for the creation of what-we-call "Do-it-yourself-Multiplayer-Model-Railroads" ("the" use case). However, it may be imagined the SRR Framework could be useful for other use cases, too.

Important Note: This project has been CLOSED after it was HIBERNATING, after it had reached the main goals. We are now WAITING FOR 3^rd PARTY INTEREST into the use case "Do-it-yourself-Multiplayer-Model-Railroads" to support the finalization of the SRR Framework.

Reached Goals:

• A basic concept has been developed for SMUOS and for SrrTrains

• Naming rules have been defined

• Models and objects were implemented experimentally

• Modules (static and dynamic) were implemented experimentally

• Example SRR objects were implemented experimentally

• A tracer was implemented experimentally

• A console interface can be provided by SRR Objects

• Modularity of the SRR framework

• Documentation of the concept

Missed Goals:

• Unbound models

• Handover

• Moving modules

• Real multibrowser capability

• Authoring support

Last Update of this Page

2019-08-19