The International Journal of Design Computing Special Issue on Designing
Virtual Worlds is now available at:
http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/journal
This issue is available only online for the next few months, and then will
also be available on CD. The online version will continue to be available,
and you can order the CD version from the journal web site.
There will be an online panel discussion in a 3D virtual world on this
topic on 30 May with the following panelists from the editorial board:
Gerhard Schmitt, Tom Kvan, and David Brown. The discussion will be mediated
by Mary Lou Maher. More information will be sent to subscribers about how
to attend the discussion. If you would like more information, please
subscribe to the journal at:
http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/journal
The International Journal of Design Computing is a peer-reviewed scholarly
journal, published on the World Wide Web and archived by the University of
Sydney Library. The objective of the journal is to promote research and
technology transfer in design computing through the publication of
interactive, multimedia journal articles within the general topic of design
computing. This special issue looks more specifically at the issues in
designing and developing virtual worlds and how researchers and
practitioners are addressing these issues with the technology available in
2002. The articles in the Special Issue consider the following topics:
1. how people make sense of spatiality in 3D virtual worlds,
2. how 3D virtual worlds provide a new way of understanding architecture
and archaeological restoration,
3. new paradigms for designing virtual worlds such as a user-centric
dynamic representation of place,
4. how to make virtual cities dynamic through the use of automatically
generated VRML files,
5. how user interfaces for virtual environments can evolve and respond
dynamically to the user,
6. how people are able to understand and navigate using current tools for
3D virtual worlds, and
7. how games engines are influencing and providing a basis for
understanding architectural designs.
Regards,
Mary Lou Maher
Editor
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