Large scale collaborative virtual environments /
Collaborative virtual environments are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation. This book addresses the theory, design, realisation and evaluation of such systems, with a particular emphasis on support for large numbers of distributed users. A broad approac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
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[1999]
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| Series: | Distinguished dissertations.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Collaborative virtual environments are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation. This book addresses the theory, design, realisation and evaluation of such systems, with a particular emphasis on support for large numbers of distributed users. A broad approach is taken, which ranges from the sociology of interpersonal communication to the management of communication in distributed systems. The emphasis on multi-user environments distinguishes this book from the many general books on virtual reality which only deal with single-user systems. This book presents: models of multi-party awareness and interaction in space-based systems; detailed designs of two prototypes (MASSIVE-1 and MASSIVE-2); experiences with collaborative virtual environments created using these; and analyses of the corresponding network requirements. Many of these results and ideas are applicable to other systems and approaches. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as a Ph. D. dissertion, University of Nottingham, 1998. On cover: CPHC, BCS. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781447108672 (electronic bk.) 1447108671 (electronic bk.) |