1. ICEE Internship International Center for Engineering Education
Project: Voice Communications in a Virtual Reality Environment By
Carlos Sterling
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for SET 400 and 401
Project Supervisor: Dr. Tulio Sulbaran
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Overview
Purpose of ICEE Internship
Development of a Web Server
Describe the ICEE Homepage
Voice Communications Project
Related Software used with the Project
Questions and Answers
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Purpose of ICEE
Develop Students Professional Abilities Such As:
Writing Proposals: A blueprint to follow for developing ideas.
Goals: Produce ideas with results.
Teamwork: Work with other team members.
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4. Voice Communications in a Virtual Reality Environment
Web Server
Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS 5.0)
XP PRO. IIS 5.0 Setup:
INETPUB: Stores the web pages to be displayed on the Internet.
|USM Server |
ICEE |
WEB |
Server_________ | Internet_____|HOMEPAGE
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5. Voice Communications in a Virtual Reality Environment
ICEE Home Page
Web Page Content: Divided into categories:
Contact Information: List of ICEE mailing and phone information.
People: List of faculty and students currently doing research.
Projects: Identifies each members research.
Dissemination: Lists the Agenda and individual PowerPoint presentations.
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Web Page Cont….
Project Objective: Establishes the projects focus.
Abstract: Defines the Project.
Project Results: The solution to the Project.
Project Links: A list of research projects such as Proposal and other Research Links.
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Web Page Cont…
Dissemination Page: Provides a space to put an agenda and presentations for meetings.
Meeting Info: Dr. Jorge Capote from the University of Cantabria – Spain.
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8. Voice Communications Project
Voiceweaver
Uses: Communicate by voice on projects either academically or professionally in a VR environment.
Accessing Voiceweaver: PHP scripts are used to provide security and voice over IP (VOIP) functions.
Online Administration: Allows the administrator to change user profiles without having to be physically at the server.
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9. Voice Communications Cont..
Virtual World: A room which can be navigated around for interaction.
Virtual Objects: Click on objects to perform task.
ISA (Internet Scene Assembler): Software used to build the “virtual world”.
Cortona: A Cortona Plug-in is installed to be able to view the ‘virtual world’.
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10. Voice Communications Cont…
VoiceWeaver: After clicking a designated object in the “virtual world” a login screen appears.
Contacts List: Displays a list of names that are registered to use the voice software and who are currently online.
Connection window: Displays the user’s call information.
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Related Software
(Virtual Network Connection): Allows remote access and file sharing to the web server from any location.
Dreamweaver MX : Used to design web pages such as ASP that can run on the web server.
Swiki 1.3: Allows files to be downloaded from or uploaded to a web page and it also acts as a message board.
Apache 2.0: Web Server Software.
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Q&A
Questions
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13. International Center of Engineering Education
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References
Foxserv Project. (2002). Retrieved July 2, 2003 from the Foxserv Project web site:
Parallel Graphics, Cortona VRML Client. (July 2003). Retrieved July 15, 2003 from the Parallel Graphics web site:
Pluggable Web Server, Swiki. (May 1998). Retrieved June 12, 2003 from the Pluggable Web Server web site:
StreamComm. (2003). Retrieved March 27, 2003 from the StreamComm Web site:
Web Wiz Guide, The Web Development Site. ( ). Retrieved March 12, 2003 from the Web Wiz Guide Web site:
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