Virtual world

Known as: Virtual city, On-world, 3D web 
A virtual world or massively multiplayer online world (MMOW) is a computer-based simulated environment populated by many users who can create a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Solipsis: A Massively Multi-Participant Virtual World
This paper presents a massively shared virtual reality system based on a network of peers. It does not rely on any server nor on… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Designing Virtual Worlds as Architecture 1 Designing Virtual Worlds as Architecture
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Designing virtual worlds as architecture considers the form and function of spatial virtual environments as an alternative kind… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Stable haptic interaction with virtual environments
A haptic interface is a kinesthetic link between a human operator and a virtual environment. This paper addresses fundamental… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Animated Agents for Procedural Training in Virtual Reality: Perception, Cognition, and Motor Control
This paper describes Steve, an animated agent that helps students learn to perform physical, procedural tasks. The student and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
What's Real about Virtual Reality?
s usual with infant technologies, realizing the early dreams for virtual reality (VR) and harnessing it to real work has taken… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Virtualized Reality: Constructing Virtual Worlds from Real Scenes
Reality world model consists of real images and depth information computed from these images. Stereoscopic reconstructions… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Moving objects in space: exploiting proprioception in virtual-environment interaction
Manipulation in immersive virtual environments is difficult partly because users must do without the haptic contact with real… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Wayfinding Strategies and Behaviors in Large Virtual Worlds
People have severe problems wayfinding in large virtual worlds. However, current implementations of virtual worlds provide little… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Evolving virtual creatures
This paper describes a novel system for creating virtual creatures that move and behave in simulated three-dimensional physical… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Virtual Worlds as Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) can structure virtual worlds that change with time. An FCM links causal events, actors, values, goals… (More)
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