Title :
Extending locales: awareness management in MASSIVE-3
Author :
Purbrick, James ; Greenhalgh, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., Nottingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
In the MASSIVE-3 system we have adopted the locale approach to organising large virtual environments, and extended it, integrating the notion of awareness, adding support for alternative representations of locales, integrating functional and organisation data management and introducing a flexible framework for defining dynamic locale selection policies
Keywords :
virtual reality; MASSIVE-3; alternative representations; awareness management; dynamic locale selection policies; flexible framework; interest management; large virtual environments; locale approach; organisation data management; undivided virtual worlds; virtual environment systems; Bandwidth; Computer science; Cost function; Environmental management; Information technology; Spline; Technology management; Tiles; Topology; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Brunswick, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0478-7
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2000.840515
