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PERVASIVE
2008
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Microsearch: When Search Engines Meet Small Devices
Abstract. In this paper, we present Microsearch, a search system suitable for small devices used in ubiquitous computing environments. Akin to a desktop search engine, Microsearch ...
Chiu Chiang Tan, Bo Sheng, Haodong Wang, Qun Li
CSCW
2002
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Explaining effects of eye gaze on mediated group conversations: : amount or synchronization?
We present an experiment examining effects of gaze on speech during three-person conversations. Understanding such effects is crucial for the design of teleconferencing systems an...
Roel Vertegaal, Yaping Ding
CSCW
1998
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Community Support for Constructionist Learning
MOOSE Crossing is a text-based virtual reality environment (or “MUD”) designed to be a constructionist learning environment for children ages eight to thirteen. The constructio...
Amy Bruckman
IJAMC
2010
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14 years 12 months ago
Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC host allocation in P2P MMOGs
: This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDA), a novel task mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. D...
Lu Fan, Philip W. Trinder, Hamish Taylor
GROUP
2010
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
The human factors of consistency maintenance in multiplayer computer games
Consistency maintenance (CM) techniques are a crucial part of many distributed systems, and are particularly important in networked games. In this paper we describe a framework of...
Cheryl Savery, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Carl Gutwin