The SIMNET virtual world architecture

Author

Calvin, James ; Dickens, Alan ; Gaines, Bob ; Metzger, Paul ; Miller, Dale ; Owen, Dan

Author_Institution

LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-22 Sep 1993

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

455

Abstract

Many tools and techniques have been developed to address specific aspects of interacting in a virtual world. Few have been designed with an architecture that allows large numbers of entities from disparate organizations to interact in such a world, in real time, and over large geographic distances. A system architecture that does this is described. The key technologies that have made these virtual worlds possible are discussed, and it is explained and how the technologies fit into the architecture. A sample implementation of this architecture, the SIMulation NETworking (SIMNET) system, is then presented, along with various design decisions and the reasoning behind them

Keywords

digital simulation; distributed processing; real-time systems; virtual reality; SIMNET virtual world architecture; design decisions; geographic distances; interacting; simulation networking system; system architecture; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Government; Humans; Image generation; Paper technology; Testing; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1993., 1993 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1363-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VRAIS.1993.380745

Filename

380745