Title
A research framework for exascale simulations of distributed virtual world environments on high performance computing (HPC) clusters.
Abstract
Distributed virtual environment simulators such as OpenSimulator and SecondLife have become popular over the last decade. However, these simulators pose a greater challenge with increased load due to High-Fidelity of simulations, higher number of objects and agents, and increased levels of interactions. In this paper we propose a framework for distributed virtual environment simulator research on high performance computing (HPC) clusters. Our proposed framework would be very useful to virtual world researchers as HPC clusters are more freely available as compared to setting up their own dedicated cluster for virtual environment simulation. Although we implemented and validated our framework on the Stokes Cluster at UCF Advanced Research Computing Center and OpenSimulator virtual world; this framework is generic enough to be extended to other HPC clusters and distributed virtual environment simulators.
Year
Venue
Field
2015
SpringSim (HPS)
Metaverse,Cluster (physics),Virtual machine,Supercomputer,Computer science,Conceptual framework,Distributed computing
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
0
0.34
References 
Authors
4
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amit Goel127921.29
William A. Rivera2131.52
J. Peter Kincaid300.34
Waldemar Karwowski412031.49
Michele M. Montgomery500.34
Neal Finkelstein600.34