| Scenario
1: User Collaboration
or 'An Evening
At Home' Based on scenario from Living Worlds Draft 2 specification by Web3D Consortium. Note: click on images to enlarge them to full extended size. |
1. Art sits alone "at home" in his
recently redecorated virtual living room. The new "etchings"
on the living room walls are courtesy of a museum in London,
whose subscription service automatically updates Art's art every
Friday afternoon. |
 2.
There is a knock at the door: Betty and Chuck have come by for
a visit. Sitting at her desk in Chicago, Betty clicks her mouse,
knocking on Art's door. |
3. Betty has a custom avatar which she builtherself, using the new Acme Avatar Builder. |
 4.
An animated discussion ensues (in at least two senses).
While Art and Betty type chat-style messages to one another, Chuck
makes faces and maintains a constant verbal voiceover on their
spelling and style -- comments only Art can hear, since Betty's
machine has no speakers. |
5. Chuck has brought his "Virtual Monopoly"
set, which uses the new Zapp-O Digital Dice, certified by VeriPlay
(an independent testing organization) to produce a statistically
random "roll."The game has two different modes of play: in addition to the familiar board-and-pieces mode, which prevents players from moving out of turn and always moves them the right number of steps in the right direction, there is also an "immersive" mode, in which the players shrink down so that the houses and hotels on the board seem life-size. |
 6.
To clarify a point, Art draws a figure on his virtual whiteboard.
Both Betty and Chuck can see what he draws, but Betty can also
edit the drawing, since her PC has the special pen-pad hardware
required by the whiteboard application. |
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So,
how does it work? |