Title :
Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer
Author :
Katz, Noomi ; Cook, Tom ; Smart, Robert
Abstract :
Many virtual worlds are accessed via a rich client interface that must be downloaded and installed into the user´s environment. For many users, especially enterprise users, this large download and install represents a significant obstacle to virtual world acceptance. The authors describe a technical implementation that uses the Unity 3D browser plug-in as a way to access a virtual world from within a Web browser. Using this familiar tool, users can interact with the rich virtual environments provided by Second Life and OpenSimulator.
Keywords :
online front-ends; virtual reality; OpenSimulator; Second Life; Unity 3D browser plug-in; Unity 3D-based virtual world viewer; Web browser; virtual environment; Augmented reality; Cooperative systems; Data visulaization; Internet; Simulation; System analysis and design; Three dimensional displays; Virtual environments; Internet computing; System architectures; and virtual realities; artificial; augmented; computer systems organization; computer-supported cooperative work; integration and modeling; modeling; simulation; virtual reality; visualization;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2011.74
