Software engineering, HCI techniques and Java technologies joined to develop web-based 3D-collaborative virtual environments

AbstractRecent advances in the field of web technologies, including the increasing support of virtual reality hardware, have allowed for shared virtual environments, reachable by just entering a URL in a browser. One contemporary solution that provides such a shared virtual reality is LIRKIS Global Collaborative Virtual Environments (LIRKIS G-CVE). It is a web-based software system, built on top of the A-Frame and Networked-Aframe frameworks. This paper describes LIRKIS G-CVE and introduces its two original components. The first one is the Smart-Client Interface, which turns smart devices, such as smartphones and tablets, into input devices. The advantage of this component over the standard way of user input is demonstrated by a series of experiments. The second component is the Enhanced Client Access layer, which provides access to positions and orientations of clients that share a virtual environment. The layer also stores a history of connected clients and provides limited control over the clients. The paper also outlines an ongoing experiment aimed at an evaluation of LIRKIS G-CVE in the area of virtual prototype testing.

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3D Avatars and Collaborative Virtual Environments

Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-987-8.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Koon-Ying Raymond Li ◽

James Sofra

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environments ◽

Social Presence ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Virtual Community ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environment ◽

Communication Processes ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Collaborative Activities

With the exponential growth in desktop computing power and advancements in Web-based technologies over the past decade, the virtual community is now a reality. The latest derivative of the virtual community, made possible by 3D avatars, is called the collaborative virtual environment (CVE). These CVEs often provide “fantasy-themed online worlds” for participants to socially interact. Instead of placing emphasis on teamplaying, the sharing of information, and collaborative activities, a CVE focuses on social presence and communication processes. Unlike virtual environments which allow participants to discuss what is going on in the real world, the participants’ experiences of the virtual world provided by the CVE are often the main topics for discussion. These CVEs, just like their real counterparts, have their own issues and problems. This article will analyze the potential benefits of avatars, helping to build virtual communities and explore the possible issues that are associated with the CVE.

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IntelligentBox for Web-Based VR Applications (WebIBVR) and Its Collaborative Virtual Environments

Advances in Internet, Data and Web Technologies - Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-39746-3_51 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 503-515

Author(s):

Yoshihiro Okada ◽

Taiki Ura

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environments ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based

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Enhancing Team Interaction and Cross-platform Access in Web-based Collaborative Virtual Environments

2019 IEEE 15th International Scientific Conference on Informatics ◽

10.1109/informatics47936.2019.9119312 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Marian HUDAK ◽

Stefan KORECKO ◽

Branislav SOBOTA

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environments ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

Team Interaction ◽

Cross Platform

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Exploiting Virtual Environments and Web 2.0 Immersive Worlds to Support Collaborative e-Learning Communities

Novel Developments in Web-Based Learning Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-938-0.ch002 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 20-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christos Bouras ◽

Eri Giannaka ◽

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos

Keyword(s):

Learning Communities ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Dimensional Space ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

Web Based Learning ◽

E Learning ◽

3D Environments ◽

Point Of Reference

The main goal of this chapter is to facilitate educational designers and developers by providing a point of reference for making decisions on how to incorporate 3D environments into the applications they develop as well as for extending their capabilities by integrating more functionality. Therefore, this chapter presents the design principles for virtual spaces, which aim at supporting multi-user communication in web-based learning communities. In addition the implementation of these principles is presented using as point of reference EVE Training Area. This environment constitutes a three-dimensional space where participants, represented by 3D humanoid avatars, have the ability to use a variety of 3D e-collaboration tools for learning together. Furthermore, this chapter presents how these principles could be used as criteria for validating and extending ready Web2.0 Immersive worlds for supporting collaborative e-learning. Finally, collaborative e-learning usage scenarios that could be realized by exploiting collaborative virtual environments are described.

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3D Avatars and Collaborative Virtual Environments

Virtual Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch036 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 602-609

Author(s):

Koon-Ying Raymond Li ◽

James Sofra ◽

Mark Power

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environments ◽

Social Presence ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Virtual Community ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environment ◽

Communication Processes ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Collaborative Activities

With the exponential growth in desktop computing power and advancements in Web-based technologies over the past decade, the virtual community is now a reality. The latest derivative of the virtual community, made possible by 3D avatars, is called the collaborative virtual environment (CVE). These CVEs often provide “fantasy-themed online worlds” for participants to socially interact. Instead of placing emphasis on teamplaying, the sharing of information, and collaborative activities, a CVE focuses on social presence and communication processes. Unlike virtual environments which allow participants to discuss what is going on in the real world, the participants’ experiences of the virtual world provided by the CVE are often the main topics for discussion. These CVEs, just like their real counterparts, have their own issues and problems. This article will analyze the potential benefits of avatars, helping to build virtual communities and explore the possible issues that are associated with the CVE.

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Supporting web-based e-learning through collaborative virtual environments for radiotherapy treatment: A formal design

2008 IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems ◽

10.1109/vecims.2008.4592752 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Abdulaziz Al Hamidi ◽

Azzedine Boukerche ◽

Luqman Ahmad ◽

Ming Zhang

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environments ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

E Learning ◽

Formal Design ◽

Radiotherapy Treatment

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Software Engineering Competence-Based Learning in Collaborative Virtual Environments

2021 IEEE World Conference on Engineering Education (EDUNINE) ◽

10.1109/edunine51952.2021.9429119 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nicolas Battaglia ◽

Carlos Neil ◽

Marcelo De Vincenzi

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments

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Developing Food Sensory Analysis Information System using Waterfall Software Engineering Model

Journal of Applied Information, Communication and Technology ◽

10.33555/ejaict.v4i2.85 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 63-81

Author(s):

Stefanus Oliver ◽

Abdullah Muzi Marpaung ◽

Maulahikmah Galinium

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Sensory Analysis ◽

Acceptance Testing ◽

Design Activity ◽

User Requirements ◽

Human Errors ◽

Web Based ◽

Entity Relationship ◽

Entity Relationship Diagram ◽

Analysis System

Food sensory analysis is the terms from the field of Food Technology that has a meaning which means sensory evaluation of food that is conducted by the food sensory evaluators. Currently, food sensory analysis is conductedmanually. It can caus e human errors and consume much ti me. The objective of this research is to build a web based application that is specific for food sensory analysis using PHP programming language. This research followsfour first steps of waterfall software engineering mod el which are user requirements ana lysis (user software and requirements analysis), system design (activity, use cases, architecture, and entity relationship diagram),implementation (software development), and testing (software unit, functionality, validit y, and user acceptance testing). T he software result is well built. It is also acceptable for users and all functionality features can run well after going through those four software testing. The existence of the software brings easiness to deal with the manual food sensory analysis exper iment. It is considered also for the future it has business value by having open source and premium features.

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