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Controlo Theory & Cybernetics","Computer Science Cybernetics","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Diamond Park is a social virtual reality system in which multiple geog
raphically separated users can speak to each other and participate in
joint activities. The central theme of the park is cycling. Human visi
tor; to the park are represented by 3D animated avatars and can explor
e a square mile of 3D terrain, in addition to human visitors, the park
hosts a number of computer simulations, including tour buses and auto
nomous animated figures. Diamond Park is implemented using a software
platform called Spline, which makes it easy to build virtual worlds wh
ere multiple people interact with each other and with computer simulat
ions in a 3D visual and audio environment. Spline performs all the pro
cessing necessary to maintain a distributed, modifiable, and extendabl
e model oi a virtual world that is shared between the participants. Fo
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