Applications of temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments

Greenhalgh, Chris; Flintham, Martin; Purbrick, Jim; Benford, Steve; Craven, Mike

Abstract

Temporal links allow recordings of multi-user sessions to be dynamically inserted into current virtual worlds in a flexible and principled way. We explore key applications of temporal links, showing how they can add new content to virtual worlds, support usability and system evaluation, and link VR to other media such as film and television. These applications illustrate just some of the possibilities of a ubiquitous and flexible record and replay facility such as temporal links. Building on our experience of implementing temporal links in the MASSIVE-3 system, we identify key requirements for system architectures that wish to support an equivalent mechanism.

Citation

Greenhalgh, C., Flintham, M., Purbrick, J., Benford, S., & Craven, M. (2002). Applications of temporal links: recording and replaying virtual environments. In Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality 2002 (101-108). https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2002.996512

• Conference Name: IEEE Virtual Reality 2002 (VR '02)
• Conference Location: Orlando, FL, USA
• Start Date: Mar 24, 2002
• End Date: Mar 28, 2002
• Online Publication Date: Aug 7, 2002
• Publication Date: Mar 24, 2002
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 19, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 101-108
• Series ISSN: 1087-8270
• Book Title: Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality 2002
• ISBN: 9780769514925
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2002.996512
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/13755408
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/996512
• Additional Information: @2002 IEEE