Modelling Interaction in Virtual Environments

This paper presents some early research from the INQUISITIVE project on abstracting models of interaction in virtual environments away from technological constraints with an aim to providing general guidelines for system developers. The use of Statechart based modelling techniques have been investigated. Unfortunately state based techniques do not show the features of the interaction which make different techniques distinctive in virtual environments. The use of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) and a process driven approach has been used to try and overcome this limitation.

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