UbiWorld: an environment integrating virtual reality, supercomputing, and design

Author

Disz, Terrence ; Papka, Michael E. ; Stevens, Rick

Author_Institution

Div. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

35521

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

57

Abstract

UbiWorld is a concept being developed by the Futures Laboratory group at Argonne National Laboratory that ties together the notion of ubiquitous computing (Ubicomp) with that of using virtual reality for rapid prototyping. The goal is to develop an environment where one can explore Ubicomp-type concepts without having to build real Ubicomp hardware. The basic notion is to extend object models in a virtual world by using distributed wide area heterogeneous computing technology to provide complex networking and processing capabilities to virtual reality objects

Keywords

CAD; computer aided software engineering; distributed memory systems; object-oriented programming; open systems; software prototyping; software tools; virtual machines; virtual reality; wide area networks; Futures Laboratory; UbiWorld; Ubicomp; complex networking; design; distributed wide area heterogeneous computing technology; object models; rapid prototyping; supercomputing; ubiquitous computing; virtual reality; virtual reality objects; Computer networks; Computer science; Laboratories; Mars; Mathematics; Microcomputers; Nanotechnology; Pervasive computing; Ubiquitous computing; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Heterogeneous Computing Workshop, 1997. (HCW '97) Proceedings., Sixth

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HCW.1997.581409

Filename

581409