There is general consensus that critical mass at inception ensures the sustained success of online communities. However, no clear understanding of what constitutes such a 'cr...
We discuss and reflect on the importance of embodiment, context, and spatial proximity as they pertain to the sense of presence obtained by individuals in virtual environments. We...
Brian E. Mennecke, Janea L. Triplett, Lesya M. Has...
In recent years, the recognition of Farsi and Arabic handwriting is drawing increasing attention. This paper describes the result of the ICDAR 2009 competition for handwritten Far...
Many small and medium-sized systems have little or no design documentation, which makes program understanding during maintenance enormously more difficult when performed by outsi...
We describe an interactive system that models regions of an urban environment, such as a group of tall buildings. Traditional image-based modeling methods often cannot model such ...