Title :
DIVE A multi-user virtual reality system
Author :
Carlsson, Christer ; Hagsand, Olof
Author_Institution :
Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
The Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment (DIVE) is a heterogeneous distributed virtual reality system based on UNIX and Internet networking protocols. Each participating process has a copy of a replicated database and changes are propagated to the other processes with reliable multicast protocols. DIVE provides a dynamic virtual environment where applications and users can enter and leave the environment on demand. Several user-related abstractions have been introduced to ease the task of application and user interface construction
Keywords :
Internet; Unix; graphical user interfaces; groupware; interactive systems; multi-access systems; replicated databases; transport protocols; virtual reality; DIVE; Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment; Internet networking protocols; UNIX; application generation; dynamic virtual environment; heterogeneous distributed virtual reality system; multi-user virtual reality system; reliable multicast protocols; replicated database; user interface construction; user-related abstractions; Application software; Collaboration; Computer science; Databases; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Navigation; User interfaces; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1993., 1993 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1363-1
DOI :
10.1109/VRAIS.1993.380753
