“Mayhem: A New Trend for Virtual Environments (and Online Games)” by Oliveira, Crowcroft and Slater

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 2001

Type:

Talks (Sketches)

Interest Area:

Gaming & Interactive

Title:

Mayhem: A New Trend for Virtual Environments (and Online Games)

Session/Category Title:   Architectures

Presenter(s)/Author(s):

• Manuel M. Oliveira
• Jon Crowcroft
• Mel Slater

Abstract:

This prototype massive online role-playing game uses new concepts and approaches from research to create a constantly evolving virtual environment that scales according to the number of users.

References:

1. Oliveira, M., Crowcroft, J. & Slater, M.. (2000). Component framework infrastructure for distributed virtual environments. In Proceedings ACM CVE’00.
2. Oliveira, M., Crowcroft, J. & Slater, M.(2000). Treaclewell: unraveling the magic “black box” of the network. Submitted for publication.

Overview Page:

SIGGRAPH 2001: Sketches and Applications