Server placement for enhancing the interactivity of large-scale distributed virtual environments

2006 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 123-130

  Ta, Duong N B ^a   Zhou, Suiping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Distributed virtual environments; Interactivity; Server placement

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES;

CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATIONS; DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (DVES); SERVER PLACEMENT; VIRTUAL WORLD;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 36949001344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2006.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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