Broadcast video and virtual environments are just two of the growing number of domains in which language is embedded in multiple modalities of rich non-linguistic information. Applications for such multimodal domains are often based on traditional natural language processing techniques that ignore the connection between words and the non-linguistic context in which they are used. This thesis de...

The Virtual Design Studio is comprised of a team of designers from various locations for which the communication is computer-mediated. It allows participants who are geographically dispersed to interact in a design environment and collaborate on the same project without leaving their own environment. The ever-increasing frequency of distant engineering requires an efficient and common language ...

Virtual Machines provide a runtime execution platform combining bytecode portability with a performance close to native code. An overview of current approaches precedes an insight into Microsoft CLR (Common Language Runtime), comparing it to Sun JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and to a native execution environment (IA 32). A reference is also made to CLR in a Unix platform and to techniques on how C...

In this paper we present a first approach to VAL, an implementation-independent agentoriented programming language. It allows developers to write agent representation code in a conceptual level, focusing specifically upon the agent’s definition requirements. VAL code is not in any way related to the agent system’s architecture and implementation, allowing agent definitions to be portable betwee...

LogiMOO is a BinProlog based Virtual World that provides methods for Internet users to create virtual places, virtual objects, and intelligent agents. The original design of the LogiMOO kernel provided an interactive Prolog syntax interface. In this paper, we present a LogiMOO Natural Language interface based upon Assumption Grammar and Hidden Accumulator theory. This paper is electronically av...

The study aims to explore changes in learning outcome after using virtual reality instruments as teaching materials for college English courses, specifically, how digital environment affects the performance and motivation among undergraduates. Virtual reality has been widely applied in education settings. Its interactive interfaces provide students with realistic experiences and simulated every...

ion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Indexing method Word Word Word and Sense Word and Sense Word and Sense 115424 synsets 8869 senses 3400 senses Coverage 41100 entries ? 355224 head words 7463 head words 3600 head words Linguistic Corpus Psycholinguistic Corpus Psycholinguistic Sense origin intuition Corpus examples knowledge examples knowledge Compatibility Poor Poor Good Poor Poor Table 3.5: Differences...