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VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
MVIP-II: a protocol for enabling communication in collaborative virtual environments
This paper presents the second edition of our multicast protocol designed to enable shared v irtual worlds. This secon d release was u nderta ken to prov ide an interaction method...
John Robinson, Sarah J. Dumoulin, John A. Stewart
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Early experiences with a 3D model search engine
New acquisition and modeling tools make it easier to create 3D models, and affordable and powerful graphics hardware makes it easier to use them. As a result, the number of 3D mo...
Patrick Min, John A. Halderman, Michael M. Kazhdan...
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
A multi-user virtual environment system with extensible animations
Multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) systems integrate the technologies of virtual reality and distributed system to allow users to interact with each other in a realistic virtua...
Yi-Lin Liu, Tsai-Yen Li
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Guiding visitors of Web3D worlds through automatically generated tours
Many Web3D sites do not offer sufficient assistance to (especially novice) users in navigating the virtual world, find objects/places of interests, and learn how to interact with ...
Luca Chittaro, Roberto Ranon, Lucio Ieronutti
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Viewpoint adaptation during navigation based on stimuli from the virtual environment
We consider the possibility of automatically modifying the user’s viewpoint orientation for the purpose of enhancing the navigation experience. We concentrate on outdoor virtual...
Szilárd Kiss, Anton Nijholt
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
3D virtual clothing: from garment design to web3d visualization and simulation
One of the major challenges in Computer Graphics concerns the 3D representation and physically-based simulation of garments. In our research, we are working closely with the texti...
Luca Chittaro, Demis Corvaglia
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Robust transmission of 3D geometry over lossy networks
This paper describes a robust mechanism for transmitting 3D meshes over the Internet. TCP/IP is an excellent means for reliable transport over the Internet. However, multi-user, r...
Zhihua Chen, Bobby Bodenheimer, J. Fritz Barnes
VRML
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Binary compression rates for ASCII formats
Geometry compression for VRML has been an important item on the wish-list of the Web3D Consortium since 1996. It was widely understood that a binary format would be required to al...
Martin Isenburg, Jack Snoeyink