Internet-based virtual worlds (VWs) have emerged as a popular form of collaborative virtual environment. Most have offered only text chat for user communication; however several V...
This paper presents our work and research findings on developing the concept of a multi-user shared environment for culture, performance, art and entertainment. It introduces arti...
Wolfgang Strauss, Monika Fleischmann, Mette Thomse...
Interactive virtual worlds provide a powerful medium for experimental learning and entertainment. Nowadays, virtual environments often incorporate human-like embodied virtual agent...
Haptic Collaborative Virtual Environments, like other collaborative environments, are adversely affected by the inherent network lag, caused by delay, jitter, or packet loss, when...
Abstract. We introduce a user-empowered UDP packet reflector to create virtual multicasting environments as an overlay on top of current unicast networks. The end-users’ ability...