Collaborating in 3D virtual environments: a synchronous architecture

Author

Shirmohammadi, Shervin ; Georganas, Nicolas D.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

42

Abstract

To collaborate in a 3D environment, update messages corresponding to the change in the state of a shared object must be communicated among users. While a lot of research has been done in terms of transmission of update messages representing the motion of avatars and objects, very few works focus on the collaboration itself. In this paper, we present an architecture that enables tightly-coupled collaborative tasks to be performed efficiently in virtual environments

Keywords

groupware; multi-access systems; software architecture; virtual reality; 3D collaborative virtual environments; 3D virtual presence; avatar motion; networked multi-user shared 3D spaces; object motion; shared object state change; synchronous architecture; tightly-coupled collaborative tasks; update messages; Avatars; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Control systems; Industrial training; Information technology; Multicast protocols; Transport protocols; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2000. (WET ICE 2000). Proeedings. IEEE 9th International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Gaithersburg, MD

ISSN

1080-1383

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0798-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.2000.883702

Filename

883702