George Mason University has developed the Selectively Reliable Multicast Protocol (SRMP) with support from the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office. SRMP allows reduced network traffic in distributed virtual simulation by sending rarely changing data reliably, frequently changing data best-effort, and exploiting the synergism between the two to provide for reliable delivery. We have integrate...

Innovative forms of collaborations between companies have been proposed and modelled in literature in recent years. There is an increasing demand in the industrial world for concretely implement this new forms of collaborations. For example, demand often comes from pre-existent form of clusters or consortiums, which want to evolve to more efficient forms of collaboration. On the basis of a meth...

The High Level Architecture (HLA) [1] is a reusable software architecture for the development and execution of distributed simulation applications. It is fostered by the Defense Modelling and Simulation Office (DMSO) [2] of the US Department of Defense (DoD) since 1996. The HLA has become a new standard for distributed simulation in the Object Management Group (OMG) in November 1998 and the Ins...

There are numerous approaches and techniques for setting up an environment for collaborative design. The most common approach is to extend the desktop environment to include tools for meeting and sharing files. This approach takes the individual work environment and adds tools for communicating with others. An alternative approach is to create a virtual world environment in which the collaborat...

There are numerous approaches and techniques for establishing a virtual environment for participatory design. The most common approach is to extend the personal computer desktop environment to include tools for meeting and sharing files and making those files available to all those involved in the design development. This approach takes the individual work environment and adds tools for communi...

BACKGROUND Virtual screening of small molecules using molecular docking has become an important tool in drug discovery. However, large scale virtual screening is time demanding and usually requires dedicated computer clusters. There are a number of software tools that perform virtual screening using AutoDock4 but they require access to dedicated Linux computer clusters. Also no software is avai...

55 A t Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), we're investigating strategies for augmenting the individual office environment. In making this distinction, we envision the principally private space of an individual employee. Despite experiments with " hoteling " and other depersonalized environments , the use of personal spaces remains the norm for many cultures. Our goal is to blur the boundar...

We predict that high-resolution displays will penetrate scientific laboratories first, and will become pervasive at the office, in the cubicle, and meeting room, and ultimately at home. In this paper, we present a novel approach to distribute high-resolution images tomultiple tiled displays in real-time using a high-performance PC cluster. This approach allows users to share their visualization...

Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET) is an effective treatment for combat-related PTSD. We summarize the outcomes of a VRGET pilot study with 12 participants who completed one to multiple combat tours in support of the War on Terrorism and who were subsequently diagnosed with combat-related PTSD. Details of the collaborative program amongst the Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC), ...