Title :
Interactive multiuser VEs in the DIVE system
Author_Institution :
Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
Multiuser virtual environments (VEs) raise challenging research questions concerning how users interact with objects, applications, and other users, and how distributed VEs behave when the number of users increases. The Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment (DIVE) is a software platform for multiuser VEs that has served as a toolkit for many distributed VE applications. It emphasizes networking and human-computer interaction and supports autonomous behavior-driven objects, collision detection, and audio and 3D navigation
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; groupware; human factors; interactive systems; multimedia computing; programming environments; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D navigation; DIVE; Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment; audio; autonomous behavior-driven objects; collision detection; computer networking; human-computer interaction; interactive multiuser virtual environment; research; user interface; Application software; Collaboration; Computer science; Humans; Lamps; Layout; Navigation; Object detection; Software tools; Virtual environment;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
