22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Workshops (aina workshops 2008)
Asynchronous Collaborative Virtual Environment Support System by Using Revision Tree Presentation Method
March 25-March 28
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3096-3
In this paper, we introduce a new idea of Revision Tree which can provide a flexible mechanism to store the current collaborative virtual environments (CVE) space, replay the past recorded CVE space and replace the current CVE by other past CVE space. Revision Tree with hierarchical 3D structure is visualized in space and operated by users to refer thepast space information using replay, revert, clone and merge functions. Those functions provide effective and flexible collaborative work in CVE to support communication among many users over computer network. Using this method, the users as group members can progress collaborative work and confirm the past CVE without prior communication even ifsome of the group members do not participate in the space. Thus, asynchronous collaborative work can be attained and applied to efficiently more creative CVE applications.
Index Terms:
cve, record, replay, revert, clone, merge, archiver, revision tree
Citation:
Hiroki Ogasawara, Yoshitaka Shibata, "Asynchronous Collaborative Virtual Environment Support System by Using Revision Tree Presentation Method," ainaw, pp.1040-1045, 22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Workshops (aina workshops 2008), 2008