Shared Virtual Spaces

To make DOE resources more effective, scientists need to easily share and analyze data, as if they were working together in the same office. However, current collaborative tools are not well integrated, standards and security mechanisms are limited, and display technologies are incompatible. The goal of this project is to create an interactive environment for real-time exchanges of data simulations and renderings among groups and individuals at different locations.

The objectives of this project are

• Investigate the integration of collaboration technologies with immersive virtual environments
• Develop teleimmersion concepts and demonstrate them on DOE applications areas
• Explore the notion of persistence in shared collaborative spaces
• Investigate alternative software architectures for developing teleimmersion applications
• Develop new concepts for supporting wide-area collaboration and human-machine interactions
• Investigate large-scale virtual reality for collaborative design
• Integrate with high-end visualization environments
• Provide a sense of presence
• Support natural interaction modalities
• Leverage IP open source tools.

This project is a collaboration between Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago.

For more info, see:

• Project review: Group Oriented and Immersive Collaboration Research (May 2000)