The development of interactive, participatory, multisensory environments that combine the
physical with the virtual comes as a natural continuation to the computer game industrys …

This paper describes the design, evaluation, and lessons learned from a project involving
the implementation of an immersive virtual environment for children called NICE (Narrative …

In this introductory chapter, we lay the groundwork for the rest of the book by providing a
more detailed picture of the expected purpose, shape, and architecture of future grid …

O This article focuses on the instructional design process of a nonimmersive virtual reality
(VR)-based learning environment. The learning environment is intended to complement the …

The Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit is an immersive virtual environment which lets students
assume the persona of an adolescent gorilla, enter into one of the gorilla habitats at Zoo …

Shared Virtual Environments (SVEs) have been extensively researched for education,
entertainment, work, and training, yet there has been limited research on the creative …

When engaged in music composition and improvisation, composers who are working
together may want to communicate in modalities other than sound since that is the primary …

Abstract The term Tele-Immersion was first used in October 1996 as the title of a workshop
the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) …

The development of applications and tools for high-performance" computational grids" is
complicated by the heterogeneity and frequently dynamic behavior of the underlying …

Nowadays, our educational institutions are frustratingly outmoded in terms of teaching
students. The entire process of giving lectures, taking notes, reading facts from books, and …