A multiuser 3D Web browsing system

Author

Huang, Jiung-Yao ; Fang-Tsou, Chao-Tsou ; Chang, Jia-lin

Author_Institution

Tamkang Univ., Tamsui, Taiwan

Volume

2

Issue

5

fYear

1998

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

81

Abstract

The Virtual Realty Modeling Language sets an open-standard file format for designing 3D multimedia and shared virtual worlds on the Internet. VRML was originally designed to support the interaction of multiple participants in the World Wide Web environment, that is, to network virtual worlds via hyperlinks. The development of VRML has spurred broad research on distributed multiuser VR systems. We describe SharedWeb, a 3D Web browsing system that was designed and implemented to support interaction among clients in the existing Web environment. We begin by describing the methodologies and mechanisms used to achieve seamless integration with the Web environment, then we summarize the SharedWeb system implementation. We present some experimental results that show the effects of different frame rates and threshold values on system performance, and conclude with discussions of two virtual worlds currently supported by the system

Keywords

Internet; client-server systems; hypermedia; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D Web browsing system; Internet; SharedWeb; VRML; Virtual Realty Modeling Language; World Wide Web; distributed multiuser systems; frame rates; hyperlinks; multimedia; open-standard file format; shared virtual worlds; system performance; Chaotic communication; Internet; Layout; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Service oriented architecture; Standards publication; Virtual reality; Web server; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4236.722233

Filename

722233