RECOLLVE- REpresenting COLLaboration in Virtual Environments

Abstract—The world globalization process, the increasing demand of communication and information technologies creates an enormous demand for collaborative applications. Aiming to support communication, information change and collaboration between users distant geographically, many CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) systems like audio and videoconference, shared editors, shared whiteboard and CVEs (Collaborative Virtual Environments) were developed. Collaborative Virtual Environments represent an important category of CSCW systems that use 3D shared spaces in order to support collaborative activities. We find also many systems that integrate collaborative applications to satisfy the specific needs of users. We propose in this article RECOLLVE, a CVE agent-based which focuses on representing in the virtual scene a very large set of collaboration activities, including their social aspects. I

Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Colaborativos The Agent-based Architecture of RECOLLVE

The world globalization process, the increasing demand for communication and information technologies create a demand for collaborative applications. Aiming at supporting communication, information exchange and collaboration among users geographically distants, many CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) systems like audio and videoconference, shared editors, shared whiteboard and CVEs (Collaborative Virtual Environments) were developed. Collaborative Virtual Environments represent an important category of CSCW systems that use 3D shared spaces in order to support collaborative activities. We find also many systems that integrate collaborative applications to satisfy specific needs of users. We present in this article the agent-based architecture of RECOLLVE, a CVE which focuses on representing a very large set of collaboration activities in a virtual scene, including their social aspects.