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What is Rich Internet Application (RIA)

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications
RIAs provide limited desktop application functionality within a Web browser. Most RIAs require an additional technology beyond standard XHTML (e.g., Flash).
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The Layered Virtual Reality Commerce System (LaVRCS): Proposing an Immersive Web X.0 Framework for E-Commerce
Alan Rea (Western Michigan University, USA)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-384-5.ch009
Abstract
In this chapter, the author argues that virtual reality (VR) does have a place in e-commerce as a Web 2.0 application. However, VR is not ready to supplant standard e-commerce Web interfaces with a completely immersive VR environment. Rather, VRCommerce must rely on a mixed platform presentation to accommodate diverse levels of usability, technical feasibility, and user trust. The author proposes that e-commerce sites that want to implement VRCommerce offer at least three layers of interaction: a standard Web interface, embedded VR objects in a Web interface, and semi-immersive VR within an existing Web interface. This system is termed the Layered Virtual Reality Commerce System, or LaVRCS. This proposed LaVRCS framework can work in conjunction with Rich Internet Applications, Webtops, and other Web 2.0 applications to offer another avenue of interaction within the e-commerce realm. With adoption and development, LaVRCS will help propel e-commerce into the Web 3.0 realm and beyond.
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A Tool for Model-Driven Design of Rich Internet Applications Based on AJAX
Web application that implement sophisticated user interfaces, and advanced user interaction patterns with respect to traditional Web applications, including partial page refresh, client-side calculation and data storage, drag&drop, and other features
Published in Chapter: A Tool for Model-Driven Design of Rich Internet Applications Based on AJAX; From: Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications
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