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Reflections of Communities in Virtual Environments: The Mirror

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Community Computing and Support Systems, Social Interaction in Networked Communities [the book is based on the Kyoto Meeting on Social Interaction and Communityware, held in Kyoto, Japan, in June 1998]

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Published: 01 June 1998 Publication History

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Virtual Reality (VR) provides a powerful technology that will dramatically change the way we communicate in the near future. In BT, we have been collaborating with Sony and the BBC in researching VR technology by developing and delivering collaborative virtual environments (VEs) to support communities. This paper presents The Mirror, a ground breaking experiment in VR technology over the Internet, which provided a vehicle for exploring key questions like: How can we support evolving communities and enhance communication using this technology? What are the key components that constitute compelling, stimulating and easy to use VEs? We modified existing tools and techniques used for usability assessment to introduce concepts of 'trial by Internet' and 'cyberfocus groups'.

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Craven MBenford SGreenhalgh CWyver JBrazier COldroyd ARegan T(2000)Ages of avatarProceedings of the third international conference on Collaborative virtual environments10.1145/351006.351040(189-194)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2000
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/351006.351040

Reflections of Communities in Virtual Environments: The Mirror
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms

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Craven MBenford SGreenhalgh CWyver JBrazier COldroyd ARegan T(2000)Ages of avatarProceedings of the third international conference on Collaborative virtual environments10.1145/351006.351040(189-194)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2000
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