Paper Info
Title
Virtual Worlds as Information Spaces: Supporting Semantic and Social Navigation in a shared 3D Environment
Abstract
Virtual worlds are a popular medium for communication and collaboration in 3D and they are being used as shared information spaces in various application areas. However, compared to traditional hypermedia and web-based information systems they offer little support for semantic and social navigation. In this paper, a framework for enhancing virtual worlds with metaphors that support improved semantic and social browsing in the 3D environment is proposed, and an integrated architecture for their interface with external information sources through the employment of Linked Data is presented. In order to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach, a prototype system has been implemented and accordingly evaluated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2011.41
VS-GAMES
Keywords
Field
DocType
social aspects of automation,virtual reality,hypermedia systems,information spaces,integrated architecture,shared 3D environment,social navigation,virtual worlds,web-based information systems,Virtual Worlds,information spaces,linked data,metaphors,semantic navigation,social navigation
Information system,Metaverse,Virtual reality,Computer science,Hypermedia,Server,Linked data,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia,Semantics,Social navigation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
15
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Spyros Vosinakis116922.49
Ioannis Papadakis2299.60