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Distributed Virtual Reality Authoring Interfaces for the WWW: The VR-Shop Case

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Electronic commerce is emerging as an important domain of integration and enhancement of more specific technologies and research efforts. It is clear that the role of WWW in this context is a cornerstone as the medium of information dissemination. A trend in e-commerce is to provide to the potential customers the ability to view and “try” the products in a persuasive 3D representation. We have designed and implemented a system for WWW enabled interactive design & visualization of a room, definition of pieces of furniture and placement of domestic appliances. The system conveys a generic approach for distributed creation and update of virtual worlds as means of interaction and information dissemination in an e-commerce context.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics & Business, Patision 76, 10434, Athens, Hellas

    I. Varlamis & M. Vazirgiannis

  2. Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    I. Lazaridis

  3. Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Hellas

    M. Papageorgiou & T. Panayiotopoulos

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Varlamis, I., Vazirgiannis, M., Lazaridis, I. et al. Distributed Virtual Reality Authoring Interfaces for the WWW: The VR-Shop Case. Multimedia Tools and Applications 22, 5–30 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MTAP.0000008657.07799.b0

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