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Collaboration Presentation for HPDC95

This module describes desktop collaboration with a comparison of some of the existing tools including

Communique! (Insoft) and the toolkit DVE (Digital Video Everywhere)

InPerson (SGI)

Proshare (Intel)

MBONE -- Internet standard

MOO environment

We also discuss standards (there are dozens of incompatible systems) and audio/video compression

Table of Contents for Collaboration Presentation for HPDC95

001 HPDC4 Module on
    Computer Collaboration
    August 1,1995
002 Abstract of Collaboration Module
003 Desktop collaboration vs face-to-face meeting
004 Collaborative environment
005 Requirements for
    Collaborative Environments 
006 Common collaborative tools
007 Audio Tool Functionality
008 Text Tool Functionality
009 Graphics Tool Requirements
010 Shared White Board Functionality
011 Video to Image Tool Functionality
012 TV Tool Functionality
013 File Exchange Tool Functionality
014 Share Application Tool Functionality
015 List of collaboratory software 
    -- UNIX and Internet
016 List of collaboratory software 
    IBM PC and Macintosh
017 Video Compression -- I 
018 Video Compression -- II
019 Audio Compression
020 Videoconferencing Standards
021 Open DVE - Digital Video Everywhere (Insoft, Inc.)
022 Communique! ver 4.0 InSoft ($9495)
023 InPerson ver 2.0 SGI ($495)
024 ProShare ver 2.00 Intel ($2499)
025 MBONE  - Multicast BackBONE
026 MBONE (2)
027 MBONE References(3)
028 Introduction to Collaborative MOO Environments
029 A Formal Definition of Collaborative MOO Environments
030 Characteristics of a MOO
031 Comments on Multi-User Simulations

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