Real Time Relativity
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 Computational Physics
Abstract
Real Time Relativity is a computer program that allows the user to fly through a virtual world governed by relativistic physics. The user controls a 'rocket' carrying a 'camera'. The rocket may be accelerated and steered, and the camera may be pointed in any direction. It takes advantage of the fact that video cards provide inexpensive data-parallel processing and are designed to perform rapid arithmetic on four-dimensional vectors.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0607223,
title = {Real Time Relativity},
author = {C. M. Savage and A. C. Searle and L. McCalman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607223},
year = {2007}
}