A Component-Based Infrastructure for the Coordination of
Collaborative Activities in Virtual Environments
A. B. Raposo, C. M. Adriano, A. J. A. da Cruz and L. P. Magalhães
SVR'2001 - 4th SBC Symposium on Virtual Reality.
Florianópolis, SC. October 2001.
Abstract
In this paper we introduce an approach based on software components to
coordinate the behavior of virtual environments from the collaboration
point-of-view, in which human or virtual participants interact by means
of interdependent tasks. The coordination components communicate with tasks,
controlling their execution and ensuring that interdependencies are not
violated. By the use of coordination components, we not only separate the
coordination model from the implementation of virtual environments, but
also open the possibility to create a library of reusable components. The
library implements the last part of a threesome coordination infrastructure
for virtual environments, which is based on an abstract model, its mathematical
counterpart, and its executable elements (the components).
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