This paper describes a comparative experiment with five well-known tree visualization
systems, and Windows Explorer as a baseline system. Subjects performed tasks relating to …

The past two decades have witnessed an explosion in the deployment of large-scale
distributed simulations and distributed virtual environments in different domains, including …

Networked Graphics equips programmers and designers with a thorough grounding in the
techniques used to create truly network-enabled computer graphics and games. Written for …

This paper identifies and analyzes the key design approaches that have been proposed
over the last decade to construct a peer-to-peer (P2P) networked virtual environment (NVE) …

The traditional approach for characterizing complex systems is to run standard workloads
and measure the resulting performance as seen by the end user. However, unique …

Abstract 3D city models have been widely used in various applications such as urban
planning, traffic control, disaster management etc. Efficient visualisation of 3D city models in …

In recent years, online gaming has become very popular. In contrast to stand-alone games,
online games tend to be large-scale and typically support interactions among users …

Networked virtual environments (NVEs) are computer-generated virtual worlds where users
interact by exchanging messages via network connections. Each NVE user often pays …

Looking at the evolution of the Internet in recent years one can observe that Massive
Multiuser Virtual Environments (MMVEs) have grown increasingly popular. Especially the …

Virtual worlds have become very popular in recent years, with trends toward larger worlds
and more user-generated content. The growth of 3D content in virtual worlds will make real …