Title :
Virtual Worlds-a virtual environment architecture
Author :
De Oliveira, Manuel Fradinho Duarte ; Pereira, João Madeiras
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Engenharia Electrotecnica e de Comput., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
The authors present Virtual Worlds as an open architecture for large-scale virtual environments with multi-users. It is based on the integration of VRML, Java and the Internet bringing forth a cross-platform solution. Virtual Worlds is furnished with a set of tools and APIs that allow one to create, extend and customise one´s own virtual environment
Keywords :
Internet; application program interfaces; object-oriented programming; open systems; software tools; virtual reality; API; Internet; Java; VRML; Virtual Worlds; large-scale virtual environments; multi-users; open architecture; tools; virtual environment architecture; Costs; Cultural differences; Global communication; Graphics; Internet; Java; Large-scale systems; Teleconferencing; Virtual enterprises; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics International, 1998. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Hannover
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8445-3
DOI :
10.1109/CGI.1998.694280
