Knowledge Base Project - Toni Emerson
Email: temersonhitl.washington.edu / Phone: 616-1423
The Knowledge Base (KB) Project has a number of functions within the HIT Lab:
* maintains WWW site
* tracks publications
* develops information resources, such as bibliographies
* assists students and staff in identifying and locating relevant information
* customized research on a project-by-project basis
HITL Catalog:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/kb/catalog
To find books/periodicals/technical reports/conference
papers/theses and dissertations that the HITL Library owns, use
this database. The HITL catalog is updated weekly.
On the Net:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/kb/onthenet.html
Reference WWW pages developed by KB Project -- meta links to
VR research centers, application pages, and excellent VR
commercial directory, updated _daily_
Knowledge Base Project:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/kb
Comprehensive bibliography updated weekly, searchable online;
technical reports targeting application areas /
Sci.virtual-worlds:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw
USENET newsgroup moderated by KB Project, current information
on research, technology and commercial resources great FAQs
Online Publications to download and read:
NCSA's Science for the Millenium - Expo Theater/Virtual Environments
Introducing Virtual Environments
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VETopLevels/VR.Overview.html
The Encyclopedia of Virtual Environments:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw/EVE/
Hand, Chris. Virtual Environment Bibliography
http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~cph/VRbib.html
Isdale, J. (1998, September) What is VR?
http://www.isx.com/~jisdale/WhatIsVR.html
CyberEdge Information Services. The Virtual Lexicon: a Glossary of VR Terms.
http://www.cyberedge.com/4a1.html
Ellis, S. What are Virtual Environments? IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications.
http://duchamp.arc.nasa.gov/papers/virtual/virtual17.html
Ellis, S. (1996). Virtual Environments and Environmental Instruments, In Simulated and Virtual Realities, Taylor & Francis: 1996.
http://duchamp.arc.nasa.gov/papers/veei/veei.html
Manetta, C. and Blade, R. (1995). Glossary of VR Terminology. The International Journal of Virtual Reality, 1(2), 35-39.
http://www.ijvr.com/ijvr/glossary/glossary.htm
Stanney, Mourant and Kennedy. (1998). Human Factors Issues in Virtual Environments: A Review of the Literature. Presence, 7(4), 327-351. Available online in PDF format:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/PRES/ps00744.pdf
Youngblut, C. et. al (1996). Review of Virtual Environment Interface Technology. IDA Paper P-3186, produced by Institute for Defense Analyses.