An open middleware for large-scale networked virtual environments

Author

Tran, Frédéric Dang ; Deslaugiers, Marina ; Gérodolle, Anne ; Hazard, Laurent ; Rivierre, Nicolas

Author_Institution

R&D DTL/ASR, France Telecom, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

29

Abstract

This paper presents a 100% Java middleware that aims to offer an open and extensible foundation for building large-scale real-time networked virtual environment applications. This platform relies on a partial replication model in which the whole simulation space is spread on a federation of processes based on application-specific criteria. A configurable event communication framework allows arbitrary consistency and synchronization protocols to be implemented in close cooperation with the application semantics. This middleware has been experimented with success for multi-player game prototypes involving both human-driven and autonomous simulated entities

Keywords

Java; application program interfaces; distributed object management; protocols; virtual reality; Java middleware; application semantics; application-specific criteria; autonomous simulated entities; configurable event communication framework; human driven simulated entities; large-scale networked virtual environments; multi-player game prototypes; open middleware; replication model; simulation space; synchronization protocols; Application software; Collaborative software; Hazards; Java; Large-scale systems; Middleware; Object oriented modeling; Scalability; Telecommunications; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1492-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2002.996501

Filename

996501