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WSC
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Simulating culture: An experiment using a multi-user virtual environment
With increased levels of global trade, foreign policy making, foreign travel, and distance collaboration using the Internet, the issue of culture takes center stage. One needs to ...
Paul A. Fishwick, Julie Henderson, Elinore Fresh, ...
JMLR
2008
198views more  JMLR 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
Consistency of Random Forests and Other Averaging Classifiers
In the last years of his life, Leo Breiman promoted random forests for use in classification. He suggested using averaging as a means The second author's research was sponso...
Gérard Biau, Luc Devroye, Gábor Lugo...
HICSS
2010
IEEE
164views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2010»
14 years 1 months ago
Embodied Social Presence Theory
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...
DIMEA
2008
223views Multimedia» more  DIMEA 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Toward accessible 3D virtual environments for the blind and visually impaired
3D virtual environments are increasingly used for education, business and recreation but are often inaccessible to users who are visually impaired, effectively creating a digital ...
Gareth R. White, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Graham McA...
ICWSM
2010
13 years 8 months ago
Modeling Group Dynamics in Virtual Worlds
In this study, we examine human social interactions within virtual worlds and address the question of how group interactions are affected by the surrounding game environment. To i...
Fahad Shah, Gita Reese Sukthankar, Chris Usher