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Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer
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Neil Katz, Thomas Cook, Robert Smart, "Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 11-21, , 5555.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MIC.2011.132,
author = {Neil Katz and Thomas Cook and Robert Smart},
title = {Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer},
journal ={IEEE Internet Computing},
volume = {99},
number = {1},
issn = {1089-7801},
year = {5555},
pages = {11-21},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2011.132},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Internet Computing
TI - Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer
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SN - 1089-7801
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EPD - 11-21
A1 - Neil Katz,
A1 - Thomas Cook,
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KW - System architectures
KW - integration and modeling
KW - computer systems organization
KW - artificial
KW - augmented
KW - and virtual realities
KW - computer-supported cooperative work
KW - visualization
KW - simulation
KW - modeling
KW - virtual reality
KW - Internet computing
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JA - IEEE Internet Computing
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Many virtual worlds are accessed via a rich client interface that must be downloaded and installed into the user's environment. For many users, especially enterprise users, this large download and install represents a significant obstacle to virtual world acceptance. The authors describe a technical implementation that uses the Unity 3D browser plug-in as a way to access a virtual world from within a Web browser. Using this familiar tool, users can interact with the rich virtual environments provided by Second Life and OpenSimulator.

Index Terms:
System architectures, integration and modeling, computer systems organization, artificial, augmented, and virtual realities, computer-supported cooperative work, visualization, simulation, modeling, virtual reality, Internet computing
Citation:
Neil Katz, Thomas Cook, Robert Smart, "Extending Web Browsers with a Unity 3D-Based Virtual Worlds Viewer," IEEE Internet Computing, 09 Sept. 2011. IEEE computer Society Digital Library. IEEE Computer Society, <http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2011.132>
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