A trajectory-preserving synchronization Method for collaborative visualization

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 989-996

  Li, Lewis W F ^a   Li, Frederick W B ^b   Lau, Rynson W H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative visualization; Distributed synchronization; Motion synchronization; Network latency

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

COLLABORATIVE VISUALIZATION; DISTRIBUTED SYNCHRONIZATION; MOTION SYNCHRONIZATION; NETWORK LATENCY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33845642522     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2006.114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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