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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.
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Jeffery, C., Dabholkar, A., Tachtevrenidis, K., Kim, Y. (2005). A Framework for Prototyping Collaborative Virtual Environments. In: Fukś, H., Lukosch, S., Salgado, A.C. (eds) Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use. CRIWG 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3706. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11560296_2
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