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Scenario 1: User CollaborationScenario 1: User Collaborationor 'An Evening At Home‘or 'An Evening At Home‘

BBased on scenario from Living Worldsased on scenario from Living Worlds Draft 2Draft 2specification byspecification by Web3D ConsortiumWeb3D Consortium

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• Art sits Art sits alone "at alone "at home" in his home" in his recently recently redecorated redecorated virtual living virtual living room.room.The newThe new "etchings“"etchings“on the living on the living room walls room walls are courtesy are courtesy of aof a museummuseumin London, in London, whose whose subscription subscription service service automaticallautomaticall updates updates Art's art Art's art every Friday every Friday afternoon.afternoon.

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• There is a There is a knock at the knock at the door: Betty door: Betty and Chuck and Chuck have come have come by for a visit. by for a visit. Sitting at her Sitting at her desk in desk in Chicago, Chicago, Betty clicks Betty clicks her mouse, her mouse, knocking on knocking on Art's door.Art's door.

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• Betty hasBetty hasa custom a custom avatar avatar whichwhichshe built she built herself, herself, using the using the new new Acme Acme Avatar Avatar Builder.Builder.

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• An animated An animated discussion discussion ensues (in at ensues (in at least two least two senses). senses). While Art While Art and Betty and Betty typetypechat-style chat-style messages to messages to one another, one another, Chuck Chuck makesmakesfaces and faces and maintainsmaintainsa constant a constant verbal verbal voiceover on voiceover on their spelling their spelling and style - and style - comments comments only Art can only Art can hear, since hear, since Betty's Betty's machine has machine has no speakers.no speakers.

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• Chuck has Chuck has brought his brought his "Virtual "Virtual Monopoly" Monopoly" set, which set, which uses the new uses the new Zapp-O Digital Zapp-O Digital Dice, certified Dice, certified by VeriPlay by VeriPlay (an (an independent independent testing testing organizationorganization)) to produce a to produce a statistically statistically random "roll“random "roll“..

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• The game has The game has two different two different modes of play: modes of play: in addition to in addition to the familiar the familiar board-and-board-and-pieces mode, pieces mode, which prevents which prevents players from players from moving out of moving out of turn and always turn and always moves them the moves them the right number of right number of steps in the steps in the right direction, right direction, there is also athere is also an n ‘‘immersiveimmersive’’ mode, in which mode, in which the players the players shrink down so shrink down so that the houses that the houses and hotels on and hotels on the board seem the board seem life-size.life-size.

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• To clarify a To clarify a point, Art point, Art draws a figure draws a figure on his virtual on his virtual whiteboard. whiteboard. Both Betty Both Betty and Chuck and Chuck can see what can see what he draws, but he draws, but Betty can also Betty can also edit the edit the drawing, drawing, since her PC since her PC has the has the specialspecialpenpen--pad pad hardware hardware requiredrequiredby the by the whiteboard whiteboard application.application.

So, how does it work?So, how does it work?

• 1 1 -- Java Java

2 2 -- DaDatabasetabase

3 3 -- Web server Web server

4, 5 4, 5 -- Web clien Web clientt

6 6 -- Robots Robots

7 7 -- Sponsors Sponsors

Plugin schemaPlugin schema

CreditsCredits

33DD Art Art

Arni Barisic, http://www.vrspace.org/~arni/Arni Barisic, http://www.vrspace.org/~arni/mr. Phillip Sand Hansel II, http://philliphansel.com/mr. Phillip Sand Hansel II, http://philliphansel.com/Josip Almasi, http://www.purger.com/~joe/Josip Almasi, http://www.purger.com/~joe/rev. Bob Crispen, http://home.hiwaay.net/~crispen/rev. Bob Crispen, http://home.hiwaay.net/~crispen/Boris Marinko, http://www.vrspace.org/~boris/Boris Marinko, http://www.vrspace.org/~boris/Zlatomir Zarkov, http://www.vrspace.org/~zzarkov/Zlatomir Zarkov, http://www.vrspace.org/~zzarkov/Slaven Katic, Slaven.Katic@hrt.hrSlaven Katic, Slaven.Katic@hrt.hr

SoftwareSoftware

Josip Almasi, http://www.purger.com/~joe/Josip Almasi, http://www.purger.com/~joe/Alejandro P. Revilla, http://www.jpos.org/Alejandro P. Revilla, http://www.jpos.org/

Nenad Iljadica, http://www.vrspace.org/~eddie/Nenad Iljadica, http://www.vrspace.org/~eddie/James Holmes, http://www.free-schooling.org/James Holmes, http://www.free-schooling.org/

Johannes Johansen & Michael st. Hippolyte,Johannes Johansen & Michael st. Hippolyte,http://www.trapezium.com/http://www.trapezium.com/

Arthur Do, http://www.do.org/Arthur Do, http://www.do.org/.... and many others. .. and many others.