Design and performance evaluation on Linux applicable in a virtual architectural walkthrough

Abstract

This paper describes Linux, an open source platform used to develop and run a virtual architectural walkthrough application. It proposes some qualitative reflections and observations on the nature of Linux in the concept of virtual reality (VR) and on the most popular and important claims associated with the open source approach. The ultimate goal of this paper is to measure and evaluate the performance of Linux used to build the virtual architectural walkthrough and develop a proof of concept based on the result obtain through this project. Besides that, this study reveals the benefit of using Linux in the concept of virtual reality and reflects a basic comparison and evaluation between Windows and Linux base operating system. The performance Linux is measured based on 3 main criteria which is frame rate, image quality and also mouse movement.