NDLI: Scaling Virtual Worlds with a Physical Metaphor

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Horn, D. Cheslack-Postava, E. Azim, T. Freedman, M.J. Levis, P.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Outlines the Meru Project at Stanford University is designing and implementing an architecture for the virtual worlds of the future. The hope is that we can avoid some of the complexities the Web has encountered by learning how to build applications and services before they are subject to the short-term necessities of commercial development. While Meru cannot compete with the content creation of commercial virtual worlds, it can, like the original World Wide Web at CERN, investigate basic questions about system design. By doing so, the door can be opened to a future where physical sensors in the real world seed their virtual reflections, users can visually browse a sea of information, and virtual avatars convey physical social cues to bring distance interaction to the level of actual presence.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society
File Size	743468
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15361268
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-07-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer architecture Quality of service Second Life Pervasive computing Hardware Buildings Real time systems Teleworking Resource management Computational modeling cross-reality networks distributed computing computer graphics pervasive computing IEEE virtual world
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computational Theory and Mathematics Computer Science Applications Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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