Large Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments Paperback / softback
by Chris Greenhalgh
Part of the Distinguished Dissertations series
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Collaborative virtual environments are multi-user virtual realities which actively support communication and co-operation.
This book addresses the theory, design, realisation and evaluation of such systems, with a particular emphasis on support for large numbers of distributed users.
A broad approach is taken, which ranges from the sociology of interpersonal communication to the management of communication in distributed systems.
The emphasis on multi-user environments distinguishes this book from the many general books on virtual reality which only deal with single-user systems.
This book presents: models of multi-party awareness and interaction in space-based systems; detailed designs of two prototypes (MASSIVE-1 and MASSIVE-2); experiences with collaborative virtual environments created using these; and analyses of the corresponding network requirements.
Many of these results and ideas are applicable to other systems and approaches.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:229 pages, XVI, 229 p.
- Publisher:Springer London Ltd
- Publication Date:16/09/2011
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- ISBN:9781447112228
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:229 pages, XVI, 229 p.
- Publisher:Springer London Ltd
- Publication Date:16/09/2011
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- ISBN:9781447112228
