Collaborating in 3D virtual environments: A synchronous architecture

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 35-42

  Shirmohammadi, S ^a   Georganas, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avatars; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Control systems; Industrial training; Information technology; Multicast protocols; Transport protocols; Virtual environment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AVATARS; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE WORK; INDUSTRIAL TRAINING; MULTICAST PROTOCOL; TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84949649905     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ENABL.2000.883702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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