TY - DATA T1 - Scaling OpenSimulator : An Examination of Possible Architectures for an Internet­Scale Virtual Environment Network PY - 2017/04/09 AU - Justin Clark-Casey UR - https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Scaling_OpenSimulator_An_Examination_of_Possible_Architectures_for_an_Internet_Scale_Virtual_Environment_Network/4833443 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.4833443.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8023361 KW - OpenSimulator KW - virtual worlds KW - virtual environments KW - distributed computing KW - Virtual Reality and Related Simulation KW - Distributed Computing KW - Distributed and Grid Systems N2 - This   dissertation   describes   an   analysis   of   possible   architectures   for   an   Internet­scale   virtual environment   network.     These   are   treated   as   evolutions   of   an   existing   virtual   environment architecture   embodied   in   an   open­source   project   called   OpenSimulator.     Distributed   computing concepts and Z schemas are used to examine both the existing OpenSimulator architecture and the alternative configurations. ER -