Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Computer Science - Applied, grade: 2, RWTH Aachen University, 62 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Virtual Environments are becoming more realistic and more functional with today's constant technological advances. These advances allow for virtualworlds to closely resemblereality. Therefore, new areas of usage andapplication of virtual environments are found every day. The interiors of submarines, cargoships, powerplants, oilplatforms, airports and many other environments can today be replicated and used in various training applications, pre-construction simulations and many more.