A Framework for Prototyping Collaborative Virtual Environments
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A ̄ BSTRACT: Unicron is a platform for rapidly developing virtual environments that combine two popular forms of collaboration: a 3D collaborative virtual environment fostering meetings, appointments, whiteboard sessions and lectures, along with a 2D development environment including collaborative software design, text editing, and debugging tools. This paper presents novel aspects of the Unicron design and implementation. K ̄ eywords: collaborative virtual environments
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