“Star cursors in content space: abstractions of people and places”

  • ©P. J. Rankin, C. v Heerden, J. Mama, Lira Nikolovska, R. den Otter, and J. Rutgers

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    Interaction, Technical, and VR / AR

Title:

    Star cursors in content space: abstractions of people and places

Session/Category Title:   Reality ++

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    A 3D multi-user virtual world support ing novel, abstract representations for content and users, coupled via models of users’ profiles and their social context, is envisioned and illustrated by computer prototypes.

References:


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    4. 4 Greenhalgh, C. and Benford, S. MASSIVE: A collaborative virtual environment for tele-conferencing. Trans. ACM Computer-Human Interfaces, 2(3), 239-261, September 1995.
    5. 5 Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, WC3, see www.w3.org/Privacy/

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