Partitioning of Distributed Virtual Environments Based on Objects´ Attributes

The partitioning constitutes one of the basic problems that need to be handled in distributed virtual environments for maintaining consistency among users´ view of the virtual scene and for optimizing the performance of the system. This paper presents an approach for handling the partitioning problem, which is based on objects´ attributes. In particular, the approach proposes a technique, which takes into account the degree of interaction that the objects of the virtual environment carry for predicting future avatar behavior. This prediction of avatars´ behavior based on objects ´ attributes defines the initial partitioning of the virtual space.