DocumentCode :
2408550
Title :
Educative distributed virtual environments for children
Author :
Gerval, Jean-Pierre ; Popovici, Dorin-Mircea ; Tisseau, Jacques
Author_Institution :
Ecole Nationale d´´Ingenieurs de Brest, France
fYear :
2003
fDate :
3-5 Dec. 2003
Firstpage :
382
Lastpage :
387
Abstract :
This paper presents a distributed virtual reality environment for children. This virtual environment supports cooperation among members of a dispersed team engaged in a concurrent context. The virtual environment maintains a shared information space described in a standard Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) format. Users are allowed to interact and to give decisions using cooperative mechanisms. A user-friendly interface enables teachers to create their own stories that fit with children pedagogical requirements and generates new virtual environments according to teacher´s specifications. The implementation is based on DeepMatrix as environment server, VRML and Java as languages and Cortona VRML plug-in from ParallelGraphics. It is actually running on the Internet: http://www.enib.fr/eve.
Keywords :
educational computing; virtual private networks; virtual reality languages; Cortona VRML; DeepMatrix; Java; ParallelGraphics; VRML; cooperative mechanism; educative distributed virtual environment; environment server; user-friendly interface; virtual reality modeling language; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Emulation; Internet; Java; Product development; Teamwork; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Web server;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Cyberworlds, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1922-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CYBER.2003.1253479
Filename :
1253479
Link To Document :
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