| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L02074/01 |
| Title: |
LARGE SCALE REAL-TIME MULTI-USER VIRTUAL REALITY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Benford, Professor S |
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| Department: |
School of Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
31 August 1996 |
Ends: |
30 August 1999 |
Value (£): |
133,619
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Networks & Distributed Systems |
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Information Technologies |
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Many applications including interactive home entertainment area set to drive the development of very large scale distributed virtual reality systems. For these applications to be successful they must be responsive, allowing participants to interact with their surroundings and peers in a natural manner. The Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) standard for this area. However, there are some doubts as to the technical suitability of DIS as it currently stands. This project aims to develop a kernel for distributed VR which extends and combines techniques emerging from Reading and Nottingham in the areas of predictive real-time algorithms and spatially controlled multi-cast protocols respectively. An example application, the Virtual Arena, will then be implemented on top of this kernel and also on DIS. The two versions of the application will then be experimentally compared through a series of wide area field trials involving Reading, Nottingham, British Telecom, Silicon Graphics and the US Postgraduate Naval School in order to evaluate and compare the techniques that they embody.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |