
Internet Based Real-Time Multiuser Simulation: Ppong!
1997) Internet Based Real-Time Multiuser Simulation: Ppong!. Technical Report ncstrl.vatech_cs//TR-97-01, Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (
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Abstract
There is a growing demand for real-time collaborative applications through the World Wide Web. New techniques are required for real-time applications to perform well in the face of changing network conditions that often include long delays. We present some of the key issues for implementors of real-time web-based applications, including choices on centralized versus distributed control, two versus multiuser considerations, synchronous versus asynchronous message protocols, and simulation divergence. We present an implementation for a web-based version of the classic Pong game, called Ppong!. Ppong! was selected for implementation since it strips to its essentials many components of real-time collaborative simulation. A key feature of Ppong! is implementation of a heuristic for "retarding" a user's view of the simulation to accommodate network delays.
Item Type: | Departmental Technical Report |
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Subjects: | Computer Science > Historical Collection(Till Dec 2001) |
ID Code: | 458 |
Deposited By: | User autouser |
Deposited On: | 05 December 2001 |
Alternative Locations: | URL:ftp://ei.cs.vt.edu/pub/TechnicalReports/1997/TR-97-01.ps.gz, URL:http://historical.ncstrl.org/tr/ps/vatech_cs/TR-97-01.ps |