Using the GIVEN++ toolkit for system development in MuSE

This paper describes the second generation of GIVEN (Gesture-based Interaction in Virtual ENvironments), called GIVEN++, a toolkit for virtual environment and 3D user interface construction. The newly added features of GIVEN++ including network distribution and multi-user capabilities ad well as the architecture and applicability of GIVEN++ are described. The first application of GIVEN++ is as the virtual reality user interface of the MuSE simulator. MuSE is an integrated environment for development, verification and simulation of technical systems. The functionality of the MuSE hypermedia user interface, the simulation capabilities and the MuSE VR user interface are described. An outlook on the future of GIVEN++ and MuSE is given.