Evaluation of a Collaborative Volume Rendering Application in a Distributed Virtual Environment

Wössner, U.; Schulze, J.P.; Walz, S.P.; Lang, U.

Evaluation of a Collaborative Volume Rendering Application in a Distributed Virtual Environment

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Date

2002

Authors

Wössner, U.
Schulze, J.P.
Walz, S.P.
Lang, U.

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

In this paper, we present a collaborative volume rendering application which can be used in distributed virtual environments. The application allows the users to collaboratively view volumetric data and manipulate the transfer functions. Furthermore, 3D markers can be used to support communication. The collaborative setup includes a full duplex audio channel between the virtual environments. The developed software was evaluated with external users who were asked to solve tasks in two scenarios which resembled real-world situations from the medical field: a presentation and a time-constrained search task. For the evaluation, two 4-sided CAVE-like virtual environments were linked. The collaborative application was analyzed for both technical and social aspects.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGVE/EGVE02/113-122
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments
},
editor = {S. Mueller and W. Stuerzlinger
},
title = {{Evaluation of a Collaborative Volume Rendering Application in a Distributed Virtual Environment
}},
author = {Wössner, U. and 
Schulze, J.P. and 
Walz, S.P. and 
Lang, U.
},
year = {2002
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-530X
},
ISBN = {1-58113-535-1
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGVE/EGVE02/113-122
}
}