Two implementations of shared virtual space environments.
T. Disz · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1998
While many issues in the area of virtual reality (VR) research have been addressed in recent years, the constant leaps forward in technology continue to push the field forward. VR research no longer is focused only on computer graphics, but instead has become even more interdisciplinary, combining the fields of networking, distributed computing, and even artificial intelligence. In this article we discuss some of the issues associated with distributed, collaborative virtual reality, as well as lessons learned during the development of two distributed virtual reality applications. 1 Introduction The Futures Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory has been exploring what is needed to support large-scale shared space virtual environments (VE) for wide-area collaborations. Our research has focused on the system architecture, software design, and features needed to implement such environments. In this article we discuss two prototype systems under development at Argonne. Shared virtual sp...