%0 Conference Paper %1 BenFah_1993 %A Benford, Steve %A Fahlén, Lennart E. %B ECSCW'93: Proceedings of the third conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work %D 1993 %I Kluwer Academic Publishers %K Internet interaction spatial_model virtual virtual_space %P 109--124 %T A Spatial Model of Interaction in Large Virtual Environments. %U http://www.ecscw.org/1993.htm %X We present a spatial model of group interaction in virtual environments. The model aims to provide flexible and natural support for managing conversations among large groups gathered in virtual space. However, it can also be used to control more general interactions among other kinds of objects inhabiting such spaces. The model defines the key abstractions of object aura, nimbus, focus and adapters to control mutual levels of awareness. Furthermore, these are defined in a sufficiently general way so as to apply to any CSCW system where a spatial metric can be identified - i.e. a way of measuring position and direction. Several examples are discussed, including virtual reality and text conferencing applications. Finally, the paper provides a more formal computational architecture for the spatial model by relating it to the object oriented modelling approach for distributed systems. %@ 0-7923-2447-1

@inproceedings{BenFah_1993, abstract = {We present a spatial model of group interaction in virtual environments. The model aims to provide flexible and natural support for managing conversations among large groups gathered in virtual space. However, it can also be used to control more general interactions among other kinds of objects inhabiting such spaces. The model defines the key abstractions of object aura, nimbus, focus and adapters to control mutual levels of awareness. Furthermore, these are defined in a sufficiently general way so as to apply to any CSCW system where a spatial metric can be identified - i.e. a way of measuring position and direction. Several examples are discussed, including virtual reality and text conferencing applications. Finally, the paper provides a more formal computational architecture for the spatial model by relating it to the object oriented modelling approach for distributed systems.}, added-at = {2008-07-09T11:39:35.000+0200}, author = {Benford, Steve and Fahl{\'e}n, Lennart E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/230b4afc9218d65f47a8f5c42e6b384f0/dawinci}, booktitle = {ECSCW'93: Proceedings of the third conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work}, interhash = {0bc6c3cf1e6f24e16f68312bd8edbc5b}, intrahash = {30b4afc9218d65f47a8f5c42e6b384f0}, isbn = {0-7923-2447-1}, keywords = {Internet interaction spatial_model virtual virtual_space}, pages = {109--124}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, timestamp = {2008-07-09T11:39:35.000+0200}, title = {A Spatial Model of Interaction in Large Virtual Environments.}, url = {http://www.ecscw.org/1993.htm}, year = 1993 }