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Minimising the latency induced by consistency control, within a large scale multi-user distributed virtual reality system

Roberts, D.J. and Sharkey, P. M. (1997) Minimising the latency induced by consistency control, within a large scale multi-user distributed virtual reality system. In: 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation. IEEE, pp. 4492-4497. ISBN 0780340531

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.1997.637574

Abstract/Summary

Where users are interacting in a distributed virtual environment, the actions of each user must be observed by peers with sufficient consistency and within a limited delay so as not to be detrimental to the interaction. The consistency control issue may be split into three parts: update control; consistent enactment and evolution of events; and causal consistency. The delay in the presentation of events, termed latency, is primarily dependent on the network propagation delay and the consistency control algorithms. The latency induced by the consistency control algorithm, in particular causal ordering, is proportional to the number of participants. This paper describes how the effect of network delays may be reduced and introduces a scalable solution that provides sufficient consistency control while minimising its effect on latency. The principles described have been developed at Reading over the past five years. Similar principles are now emerging in the simulation community through the HLA standard. This paper attempts to validate the suggested principles within the schema of distributed simulation and virtual environments and to compare and contrast with those described by the HLA definition documents.

Item Type:Book or Report Section
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science
ID Code:19081
Uncontrolled Keywords:HLA standard, causal consistency, consistency control, consistent enactment, distributed simulation, evolution of events, large scale multi-user distributed virtual reality system, latency, network delays, network propagation delay, update control, virtual environments
Publisher:IEEE

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