Multimedia -
Collaborative Virtual Environments

Principal Tools and Skills:

• Estate Management
• Sculpted Primitives
• 3D Modeled Objects
• Scripting Language

The use of 3D virtual environments to recreate a physical space is a powerful experience and has gained popularity in recent years. It is what allows the user to become immersed in a simulated environment as if they were there physically, with the same physical restrictions that exist in real life. However, these limitations can be removed so that for example scaling and gravity may be experienced differently, thus allowing for multitude of user experiences. Communication between users' avatars can range from text, visual gesture, and sound; it is usually textual, with real-time voice communication using Voice-Over IP (VOIP) as a possible option.

ASFT recognize the importance of this emerging technology as it becomes increasingly prevalent, and has a presence in Second Life© by Linden Labs. We are focused in this area to developing high fidelity products and services within these uses:

• Collaboration
• Education and Training
• Prototyping and Simulation

Among ASFT's work performed in the realm of virtual worlds, it is a provider of choice for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center; creating an immersive realistic undersea environment exhibit, with full 3D representations of AUVs & scenarios; products and overview areas with clickable slideshows; and scripted, animated objects & textures. Our virtual worlds work has also appeared as animation content in video productions.

Principal Customers:

• Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

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