Distributed virtual reality: Building a multi-user layer for the EVE platform

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-111

  Bouras, C ^a,b   Tsiatsos, Th ^a,b  

^a University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative virtual environments; Distributed virtual reality; Elearning; VRML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842458479     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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