Project Number
- 154
Title
- Traveler
Description
- Avatar-based virtual community interface through the World Wide Web.
Contact
- Benjamin Aronson
Affiliation
- Onlive!
Address
WWW
Year
- 1996
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 96 Website
Project Details
- "Traveler" gives attendees a first-hand look at breakthrough Internet technology that turns any World Wide Web site into a community by enabling groups of people to use their voices to talk online.
- The "Traveler" software offers a friendly virtual community interface by which participants may communicate through avatars with their voices in real-time.
- OnLive! Technologies software enables website operators to create accessible, immersive experiences for their end users.
Sight
- Traveler software
Sound
- Traveler software
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 3 - Functional, Reproducable, Adoption
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 206 - avatar / agent
Secondary
- 305 - community / society
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
- The OnLive! Traveler software is currently found at:
- http://www.digitalspace.com/traveler
- and has had a high degree of acceptance in various applications.
Last updated: 5 Jul 2002
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