Title :
Collaborative Web-Browsing in a Virtual World
Author :
Crowe, Malcolm ; Livingstone, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
Abstract :
Presenting Web-content inside a 3D shared virtual space has strong potential as a tool for collaboration, but there are a number of issues to be resolved - an array of factors both technical and human. In this short paper we outline work on the SLOODLE browser, a collaborative browser for Second Life. We hope that this work has the potential to enhance collaborative-browsing through embedding it in a rich and highly social 3D space.
Keywords :
Internet; groupware; online front-ends; social networking (online); virtual reality; 3D shared virtual space; SLOODLE browser; Web content; collaborative Web browsing; collaborative browser; social 3D space; virtual world; Advertising; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Delay; Humans; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Scalability; Search engines; Second Life; Web pages; CSCW; MUVE; collaboration; virtual worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, 2009. VS-GAMES '09. Conference in
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3588-3
DOI :
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2009.38
