A service-oriented architecture for tele-immersion

Sharing virtual environments with the remote collaborators as well as the topic of the collaboration may be better than collaborating with them in person. In this paper we will discuss our ongoing work to enable effective collaboration between remote participants within tele-immersion based on Web service implemented by Microsoft Visual Studio .Net. We will discuss the architecture of the tele-immersion system created, the implemented methodology, the technology driving our current research, and the lessons learned. Our focus is on the service-oriented architecture taking of the Web service and COM+ technology.