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This chapter explores the impacts of large and small scales of designed objects towards the communication in three-dimensional collaborative virtual environments. The motivations are twofold: 1) to better understand design communications in virtual environments; 2) to suggest improvements of present virtual environments so as to better support design communications.
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Kan, J.W.T., Tsai, J.J.H., Wang, X. (2011). “Scales” Affecting Design Communication in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In: Wang, X., Tsai, J.JH. (eds) Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0605-7_7
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