Title :
A taxonomy for networked virtual environments
Author :
Macedonia, Michael R. ; Zyda, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Center for Res. in Comput. Graphics, Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
We discuss virtual environments in the context of how to distribute network communications, views, data, and processes while emphasizing those aspects critical to scaling environments. Systems that demand strong data consistency, causality, and reliable communications while supporting real-time interaction are not likely to scale very well. Furthermore, geographically dispersed systems require high-speed, multicast communication
Keywords :
distributed processing; groupware; multimedia communication; real-time systems; virtual reality; causality; geographically dispersed systems; high-speed multicast communication; network communications; networked virtual environments; real-time interaction; reliable communications; strong data consistency; Broadcasting; Computer networks; High-speed networks; Image databases; Image generation; Military computing; Taxonomy; Unicast; Virtual environment; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
