VRML
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2004
ACM
Maps of physical environments and geographical areas are pervasively exploited in many human activities. Electronic maps of virtual worlds have been studied and proven to be usefu...
SG
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
Modelling, animation and rendering has dominated research computer graphics yielding increasingly rich and realistic virtual worlds. The complexity, richness and quality of the vir...
DIGRA
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
Identification is regarded as an important aspect of beneficial online interaction. In addition to providing the individual with potential psychological benefits, identification w...
ATAL
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
In this paper we propose the use of 3D Virtual Worlds for the visualization of Electronic Institutions. We show how 3D representation helps to open Electronic Institutions to huma...
UDM
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2005
IEEE
This paper proposes to model and represent an object’s digital persona by means of a conceptual model that uses fragments of schemata that are termed data-DNA. The object may be...
C5
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2005
IEEE
The authors have some experience in building virtual worlds for education purposes, in archaeology and for language learning. However, many mainstream world-building applications ...
AOSE
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2007
Springer
In this paper we propose viewing Virtual Worlds as open Multiagent Systems and propose the 3D Electronic Institutions methodology for their development. 3D Electronic Institutions ...
ISMAR
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2007
IEEE
There have been many implementations of virtual reality, using audio and visual senses. However, implementations of mixed reality (MR) have thus far only dealt with the visual sen...
ACSC
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2007
IEEE
In this paper we propose an algorithm for automatic transformation of a graph into a 3D Virtual World and its Euclidean map, using the rectangular dualization technique. The nodes...
VR
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
In this paper, we report the results of a pilot study designed to evaluate the impact of signs as navigation aids in virtual worlds. Test subjects were divided into three groups (...