design notations for creating virtual environments
This paper proposes a new design notation to improve communication between members of teams creating virtual environments (VEs). Commonly, programmers and designers creating VEs do not use the same formalisms or design techniques. Consequently, ambiguity and misunderstandings can bedevil VE design and production processes. After teaching a selection of specification techniques to design students, we realized that we needed to create our own formalism. We used this notation with designers who found it useful and intuitive. More importantly, programmers were able to interpret the formalism more accurately and reduce the time required to create virtual environments than was possible using a design document alone.
design notation visual formalism game design virtual reality