Title :
Architecture for a Web-based distributed virtual reality system
Author :
Junlan, Zhou ; Yeo Chai Kiat ; Sung, Lee Bu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. Sci., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Abstract :
Describes the architecture for a World Wide Web-based distributed virtual reality system (DVRS) based on the high-level architecture “RunTime Infrastructure”, which was developed for distributed interactive simulation. The DVRS constructs a virtual world which exists in a distributed system environment. Each user resides at a local node of the virtual world. The DVRS maintains a consistent view for all users. A Web-based viewer using a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) plug-in is used to display the images
Keywords :
digital simulation; distributed processing; information resources; software architecture; virtual reality; RunTime Infrastructure; VRML plug-in; Virtual Reality Modeling Language; Web-based viewer; World Wide Web-based distributed virtual reality system; consistent view maintenance; distributed interactive simulation; distributed system environment; high-level architecture; image display; local nodes; Avatars; Displays; Internet; Protocols; Relays; Runtime; Standardization; User interfaces; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Workshop, 1999. IWS 99
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5925-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWS.1999.811019
