CSCW Systems in Virtual Environments: A General Development Framework

Author

Sarmiento, W.J. ; Collazos, C.A.

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 Jan. 2012

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs), defined as systems that allow performing some collaborative tasks in a virtual world, were proposed since 1990. From the beginning, these systems were developed as particular applications of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) in a virtual reality world, with specific restrictions on both collaborative work and technological (hardware and software) requirements. Therefore, design guidelines which could be applied to new developments have not been proposed. This paper presents a general framework for designing and developing CSCW systems in virtual 3D environments, which integrates new methodologies that provide clear and formal techniques to develop CSCW, interactive and 3D systems.

Keywords

groupware; interactive systems; virtual reality; 3D systems; CSCW systems; CVE; collaborative virtual environments; computer-supported cooperative work; interactive systems; virtual reality world; Avatars; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Software; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Unified modeling language; Virtual environments; design methodology; framework; groupware;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5), 2012 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Playa Vista, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1009-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C5.2012.17

Filename

6195217