Large Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments - Rilegato

Greenhalgh, Chris

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1852331488 ISBN 13: 9781852331481

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 1999

Riassunto

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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Contenuti

Introduction.- CVEs: a review.- The spatial model of interaction.- MASSIVE-1.- Direct awareness.- Spatial trading.- Third party objects.- MASSIVE-2.- Contextualised awareness.- Awareness driven communication.- Conclusions.- Appendix A: User profiling.- Appendix B: Colour plates.- Appendix C: Exploitation and dissemination.- Appendix D: Video contents.- References.- Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1852331488
• ISBN 13: 9781852331481
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 229
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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