This paper introduces a multicast based architecture for supporting large scale Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs). The paper begins by defining CVEs, discussing the motivat...
We have previously developed a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) for small-group virtual classrooms, intended for distance learning by geographically dispersed students. The...
This paper presents the first in-depth evaluation of a large multi-format virtual conference. The conference took place in an avatar-based 3D virtual world with spatialized audio,...
Thomas Erickson, N. Sadat Shami, Wendy A. Kellogg,...
The World Wide Web is a medium for publishing data used by collaborating groups and communities of shared interest. This paper proposes mechanisms to support the accuracy and auth...
Abstract-- Many peer-to-peer-based virtual environment (P2PVE) solutions have been proposed recently to improve the scalability of distributed virtual environment (VE) systems. By ...