The Metaverse - A networked collection of inexpensive, self-configuring, immersive environments

Proceedings of the Workshop on Virtual Environments, EGVE'03

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 115-124

  Jaynes, C ^a   Seales, W B ^a   Calvert, K ^a   Fei, Z ^a   Griffioen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; COMMUNICATION MODELS; DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTS; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SELF CALIBRATION; SELF-CONFIGURING; SYSTEM SUPPORTS; USER-TO-USER COMMUNICATION;

INFORMATION THEORY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84869049701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/769953-769967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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