Sökning: "Multi-User Virtual Environment"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Multi-User Virtual Environment.

  1. 1. Learning English in a Multi-User Virtual Environment : Exploring Factors Affecting Participation

    Författare :Airong Wang; Mats Deutschmann; Mercedes Rico Garcia; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Activity theory; Conversational Analysis; Discourse analysis; Ecology of language learning; Model of factors affecting participation; Multi-User Virtual Environment; Participation; Second Life; The sociocultural perspective on learning; Technology adoption;

    Sammanfattning : Online language learning and teaching is a field that has received a significant amount of research attention. What factors could affect student participation in simpler online learning environments has been investigated by researchers, but there has been limited study of factors affecting participation in complex Multi-User Virtual Environments. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Virtual worlds and social interaction design

    Författare :Mikael Jakobsson; Erik Stolterman; Ralph Schroeder; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interaction design; virtual worlds; massively multiplayer online games; internet studies; computer mediated communication; virtual reality; virtual ethnography; human-computer interaction; interacture; social interaction design; Informatics; Informatik;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of social interaction in virtual worlds and virtual world design. A virtual world is a synchronous, multi-user system that offers a persistent spatial environment for iconically represented participants. Together, these form an example of social interaction design. LÄS MER

  4. 3. On using mobile agents for load balancing in high performance computing

    Författare :Kalyani Munasinghe; Richard Wait; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Beräkningsvetenskap; Scientific Computing;

    Sammanfattning : One recent advance in software technology is the development of software agents that can adapt to changes in their environment and can cooperate and coordinate their activities to complete a given task. Such agents can be distributed over a network. LÄS MER