A Spatial Model of Interaction in Large Virtual Environments

Amelie: A Recombinant Computing Framework for Ambient Awareness

“…The FN-AAR model [11] is a model of awareness systems that extends the Focus/Nimbus model [2,13] that models (the magnitude of) awareness in terms of the overlap between the focus of one entity upon another and the information that other entity is prepared to share with the first -which is termed the 'nimbus' of this latter entity. Where the focus-nimbus model describes how much aware two entities are about each-other in a particular space, FN-AAR describes of what are the entities aware in a particular situation in relation to each other, and illustrates [11,12] how this departure is instrumental for modelling concisely awareness systems, and the social aspects pertaining to their use.…”

Dynamically adaptive partition-based interest management in distributed simulation

“…Note that, for instance subscription region r f s;1 was not included in the calculation for the placement Table 4 Sample variable-size data partitions of LP f , as it does not intersect with any update region. Also, compound SV d (1,2,3) is depicted as one-dimensional region, for simplicity, but is to be interpreted as cubical region.…”

“…Based on this technique a hierarchical cluster management is proposed [23]. The concept SoI is comparable with the concept focus [1] of an LP. Clustering interest regions by grouping common user interests is employed in distributed virtual environments (DVE) [8].…”

The MagicBook: a transitional AR interface

“…Gesture, voice and graphical information can all be communicated seamlessly between the participants. Spatial visual and audio cues can combine in natural ways to aid communication [3]. However most current multi-user VR systems are fully immersive, separating the user from the real world.…”