Distributed Virtual Worlds

Foundations and Implementation Techniques Using VRML, Java, and CORBA

Stephan Diehl (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 166 Seiten

2001
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-67624-9 (ISBN)

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Recently, with the success of Java and the existence of different interfaces be tween VRML and Java, it became possible to implement three-dimensional internet applications on standard VRML browsers (Plugins) using Java. With the widespread use of VRML-Browsers, e.g., as part of the Netscape Com municator and Microsoft's Internet Explorerstandard distributions, everyone connected to the internet via a PC ( and some other platforms) can directly enter a virtual world without installing a new kind of software. The VRML technology offers the basis for new forms of customer services, e.g., interactive three-dimensional product configuration, spare part ordering, or customer training. Also this technology can be used for CSCW in intranets. This book has a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is intended more for teachers and researchers, while the practical part is in tended for web designers, programmers and students, who want to have both a hands-on approach to implementing Web 3D applications and a technically detailed overview of existing solutions for specific problems in this area.

1. Motivation.- 2. Technical Aspects.- 3. User Perspective.- 4. Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics.- 5. Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML).- 6. Protocols for Distributed Virtual Worlds.- 7. VRML Extensions for Distributed Virtual Worlds.- 8. Partitioning of Distributed Virtual Worlds.- 9. Streaming.- 10. 3D Technologies for the Internet.- 11. Implementing Multi-User Worlds with VRML.- 12. Java Network-Programming: A Simple Distributed Virtual World.- 13. Implementing Multi-User Worlds with CORBA.- 14. The Future.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.2.2001
Zusatzinfo	XII, 166 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	388 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
Schlagworte	3D • 3D graphics • Browser • Computer Graphics • CORBA • Cyberspace • Distributed Systems • Internet • Java • Java 2 (Programmiersprache) • Modeling • Multi-User Applications • Multi-User-Systeme • techniques • Verteilte Systeme • Virtual Reality • Virtuelle Realität • VRML • VRML 2 • Web Design
ISBN-10	3-540-67624-4 / 3540676244
ISBN-13	978-3-540-67624-9 / 9783540676249
Zustand	Neuware