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CW
2003
IEEE
15 years 12 months ago
Interactive Distributed Guided Tours of Historical Sites
In this paper we propose a new metaphor of information retrieving, usable in heritage management and publishing. Based on the net, the user is able to participate in virtual guide...
Dorin Mircea Popovici, Serge Morvan, Eric Maisel, ...
HICSS
2002
IEEE
132views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2002»
15 years 11 months ago
Modeling Current Events
Enormous amounts of information are produced every day, all over the world. but very little of it is true. In this paper, we describe the modeling component of a current events an...
Christopher Landauer, Kirstie L. Bellman
ITS
1998
Springer
139views Multimedia» more  ITS 1998»
15 years 10 months ago
Habitable 3D Learning Environments for Situated Learning
The growing emphasis on learner-centered education focuses on intrinsically motivated learning via engaging problem-solving activities. Habitable 3D learning environments, in which...
William H. Bares, Luke S. Zettlemoyer, James C. Le...
CAINE
2008
15 years 8 months ago
New Architecture and Protocols for Global-Scale Machine Communities
This article is about the new universal architecture which allows electronic devices of different functionalities and manufacturers, as well as on-line services, to seamlessly int...
Vladimir Krylov, N. Mikhaylov, Dmitry V. Ponomarev
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
213views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 7 months ago
Engaging middle school teachers and students with alice in a diverse set of subjects
This paper describes the integration of the Alice 3D virtual worlds environment into a diverse set of subjects in middle school, including the development of tutorials, example wo...
Susan H. Rodger, Jenna Hayes, Gaetjens Lezin, Henr...