A Web-based distributed and collaborative 3D animation environment

✍ Scribed by Lu, Tain-Chi; Chiang, Chung-Wen; Lee, Chungnan; Lee, Tong-Yee

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-3108
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9128(199711)9:11<1261::aid-cpe356>3.0.co;2-9

✦ Synopsis

Many applications on the Web require active processing and co-ordination of services. In this paper we describe the design of a distributed 3D animation system built by integrating the Java language, parallel virtual machine (PVM) software, a collaborative mechanism, 3D computer graphics and the Web technologies. To achieve collaborative co-operation and functional independence, session control and system agents are devised in this system. In particular, we propose a simplified collaborative group definition, collaborative policies, and the state of participants to dynamically manage participants in this Web-based distributed environment. Based on our proposed mechanism, the server can efficiently determine the status of collaboration activities.