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PERVASIVE
2008
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Microsearch: When Search Engines Meet Small Devices
Abstract. In this paper, we present Microsearch, a search system suitable for small devices used in ubiquitous computing environments. Akin to a desktop search engine, Microsearch ...
Chiu Chiang Tan, Bo Sheng, Haodong Wang, Qun Li
CSCW
2002
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Explaining effects of eye gaze on mediated group conversations: : amount or synchronization?
We present an experiment examining effects of gaze on speech during three-person conversations. Understanding such effects is crucial for the design of teleconferencing systems an...
Roel Vertegaal, Yaping Ding
CSCW
1998
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Community Support for Constructionist Learning
MOOSE Crossing is a text-based virtual reality environment (or “MUD”) designed to be a constructionist learning environment for children ages eight to thirteen. The constructio...
Amy Bruckman
IJAMC
2010
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15 years 5 months ago
Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC host allocation in P2P MMOGs
: This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDA), a novel task mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. D...
Lu Fan, Philip W. Trinder, Hamish Taylor
GROUP
2010
ACM
15 years 4 months ago
The human factors of consistency maintenance in multiplayer computer games
Consistency maintenance (CM) techniques are a crucial part of many distributed systems, and are particularly important in networked games. In this paper we describe a framework of...
Cheryl Savery, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Carl Gutwin