How Open Source Software Will Affect Virtual Worlds

How Microblog follower Networks Affect Open Source Software Project Success

Successful open source software (OSS) projects require efficient communication means and a steady supply of voluntary developers. Microblogging, as well as the follower network it generates, is becoming increasingly popular as an emerging Web 2.0 communication technology in many online OSS communities. However, little is known about how microblogging follower networks affect OSS project success...

Springhead: Open source haptic software for virtual worlds with dynamics simulations

We developed an open source haptic software library named Springhead for virtual worlds with dynamics simulations. Combination of haptic interfaces and dynamics simulations realizes intuitive manipulations and realistic virtual worlds. It is useful for many applications such as virtual prototyping, educations, and entertainments. Many force display devices and dynamics simulators has been devel...

Workshop - Open Source Software for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: Practice and Future

Computer games and virtual worlds are increasingly used throughout our society with people playing on the bus, at home and at work. Computer games thus affect larger and larger number of people and areas in the society of today. There are even scholars who advocate that games or virtual environments create better environments for learning than traditional classrooms. This situation motivates th...

Geospatial Virtual Appliances Using Open Source Software

The hype on the Cloud is based on promising cost savings if, considering the new service platform concepts (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) the term comes with, IT resources will be used effectively. Therefore, the trend is moving away from physical systems to more instant and shortterm environments and virtualization is increasingly taking on a key role in various system architectures. This is already well ...

Virtual organizational learning in open source software development projects