| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M09223/01 |
| Title: |
THE REALISATION AND UTILITY OF PERSISTENCE IN COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIROMENTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Greenhalgh, Professor C |
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| Department: |
School of Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
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50,790
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| Networks & Distributed Systems |
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The design and authoring of a collaborative virtual environment is normally distinct from its activation and use. For example, completed virtual worlds are made available as fixed definitions (e.g. world description files) which are used repeatedly to create distinct instantiations of active virtual worlds.This project will investigate the implementation and utility of collaborative virtual environments for which design, creation, publishing and use are not differentiated and are available to all participants. This builds on the proposer's PhD work in the area of large-scale collaborative virtual environments, which include the implementation and ongoing testing of the MASSIVE-1 and MASSIVE2 CVE systems.From a distributed systems perspective, the project will identify and employ system and programming facilities to implement persistent virtual worlds. These will be integrated with an exsisting virtual reality system or tool kit.From a human factors perspective the project will make one or more such worlds available to a potential user community, and through longitudinal observation, automated logging and user feedback, explore and characterise the activities and patterns of use which emerge in and are supported by persistent collaborative virtual environments.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |