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What is Collaborative Virtual Environments

Chapter 50
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
A VE, which implements CSCW features to improve the human-human interaction, enabling the cooperation and the groupware.
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Customizing Multimedia and Collaborative Virtual Environments
Paulo N.M. Sampaio (University of Madeira, Portugal), Ildeberto A. Rodello (Centro Universitário Eurípides de Marília, Brazil), Laura M. Rodríguez Peralta (University of Madeira, Portugal), and Paulo Alexandre Bressan (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch050
Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) represents a modern human-computer interface consisting of a three-dimensional (3D) environment generated by computer where the user can interact in different ways. VR can be applied in several applications domains such as medicine, education, entertainment, etc. In particular, interest is drawn to the application of VR in education since a student is able to interact and to be involved with a 3D environment, which simulates situations that are difficult or even impossible to be carried out in the traditional education process.
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Chapter 4
Technical Details and Educational Applications for Virtual Reality Technologies
Collaborative virtual environments, or CVEs, are used to collaborate and interact with many participants who may be in different locations and at different distances.
Published in Chapter: Technical Details and Educational Applications for Virtual Reality Technologies; From: Current and Prospective Applications of Virtual Reality in Higher Education
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