The SIMNET virtual world architecture

Authors:
J. Calvin;A. Dickens;B. Gaines;P. Metzger;D. Miller;D. Owen
Affiliations:
LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA;LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA;LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA;LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA;LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA;LORAL Adv. Distributed Simulation, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
Venue:
VRAIS '93 Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium
Year:
1993

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Abstract

Many tools and techniques have been developed to address specific aspects of interacting in a virtual world. Few have been designed with an architecture that allows large numbers of entities from disparate organizations to interact in such a world, in real time, and over large geographic distances. A system architecture that does this is described. The key technologies that have made these virtual worlds possible are discussed, and it is explained and how the technologies fit into the architecture. A sample implementation of this architecture, the SIMulation NETworking (SIMNET) system, is then presented, along with various design decisions and the reasoning behind them.