The “3D Wiki”: Blending virtual worlds and Web architecture for remote collaboration

Author

Roberts, Michael ; Ducheneaut, Nicolas ; Smith, Trevor F.

Author_Institution

Palo Alto Res. Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

19-23 July 2010

Firstpage

1166

Lastpage

1171

Abstract

While a lot of technical data is available on the Web, conveying information about detailed procedures for the assembly and repair of complex machinery has so far been limited mostly to 2D drawings and textual content. In this paper we describe the technology behind our 3D Wiki, a system meant to address this problem. By blending the functionality of virtual worlds (3D visualization and navigation) with the benefits of social software (editability, traceability, and hyperlinking), the 3D Wiki can help users tasked with the remote maintenance and repair of technical equipment. Our environment provides a kind of “living technical manual”, seamlessly blending spatial and textual content.

Keywords

Internet; data visualisation; search engines; user manuals; virtual reality; 2D drawings; 3D Wiki system; 3D visualization; Web architecture; navigation; remote collaboration; remote maintenance; social software; textual content; virtual world blending; Avatars; Databases; Message systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Servers; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Collaborative Virtual Environments; Remote Collaboration; Social Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Suntec City

ISSN

1945-7871

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7491-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2010.5582579

Filename

5582579