Project Number

154

Title

Traveler

Description

Avatar-based virtual community interface through the World Wide Web.

Contact

Benjamin Aronson

Affiliation

Onlive!

Address

E-mail

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.

 


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