Virtual world, defined from a technological perspective and applied to video games, mixed reality, and the Metaverse

• Published in: Computer animation and virtual worlds Vol. 29; no. 1
• Main Author: Nevelsteen, Kim J. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Abbreviations; Ad hoc networks; Computer & video games; Computer networks; definition; Distributed processing; MANet; Metaverse; Mixed reality; Video data; video games; Virtual reality; virtual world; Wireless networks

There is no generally accepted definition for a virtual world, with many complimentary terms and acronyms having emerged implying a virtual world. Advances in networking techniques such as host migration of instances, mobile ad hoc networking, and distributed computing, bring in to question whether...