NDLI: Workplace collaboration in a 3D Virtual Office

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Sharma, G. Shroff, G. Dewan, P.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA (Dewan, P.) \|\| Tata Consultancy Services, India (Sharma, G.; Shroff, G.)
Abstract	We describe Virtual Office, an innovative application of virtual world technology for enabling informal office interactions and collaboration even when some of the participants are physically out of office. Each instance of the system is tied to an actual physical office, so the communication and visual channels created among its users are designed to offer the level of privacy in the corresponding real-world office. VirtualOffice supports auras and automated navigation based on logical seats in the office, rather than geometric distances. The system is implemented using a distributed MVC architecture employing a practical combination of (a) push and pull communication, and (b) cloud-based servers. The system is designed to support remote ‘management by walking around as well as virtually visiting both collaborators' and ones’ own offices, thereby enabling informal conversations that seamlessly bridge the physical and virtual worlds. VirtualOffice also represents a new point in both Benford's and Schroeder's taxonomies of collaboration systems that classifies instant messaging, virtual worlds, and video conferencing. A detailed scenario is used to motivate our new design point and compare it with commonly used as well as emerging collaboration applications as well as established virtual worlds such as Second Life, for the specific purpose of informal office collaboration.
Starting Page	3
Ending Page	10
File Size	1223389
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457700552
e-ISBN	9781457700545
DOI	10.1109/ISVRI.2011.5759582
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-03-19
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Legged locomotion Privacy Navigation Avatars Virtual worlds Collaboration Teleworking Three dimensional displays Collaboration technology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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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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