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| | TITAN: A Next-Generation Infrastructure for Integrating Computing and Communication |
 | | The unique thrust of the project is that rather than constructing the system out of an ensemble of specialized components, e.g., massively parallel processors, file servers, rendering engines, etc., we are constructing it out of collections of the general-purpose, cost-effective, high-performance building block that is typified by the desktop computer. |
 | | We are developing the communications infrastructure, operating system support, programming environment, and tools that will enable construction of large scale systems out of complete commodity computers. |
 | | It implements a combination of almost realistic-looking pseudo-physical behavior and idealized goal-oriented properties, which disambiguate the mapping of the 2D cursor motion on the display screen into an appropriate object motion in the 3D virtual world and determine valid and desirable final locations for the objects to be placed. |
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