The current surge of interest in virtual worlds suggests they are poised to make an evolutionary leap to the workplace, as instant messaging did a decade ago. In recent work we ha...
Abstract. The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and Java provide a standardized, portable and platformindependent way to render dynamic, interactive 3D scenes across the Int...
Traversable interfaces establish the illusion that virtual and physical worlds are joined together and that users can physically cross from one to the other. Our design for a trav...
As virtual worlds evolve, so does the visual complexity and customizability of the avatars inside the worlds. In virtual worlds such as Second Life, prospering virtual fashion ind...
Jeffrey Bardzell, Tyler Pace, Laura Brunetti, Qian...
This paper explores the idea that the universe is a virtual reality created by information processing, and relates this strange idea to the findings of modern physics about the ph...