3D visual component based approach for network collaborative virtual

This paper proposes 3D visual component based approach for the development of network collaborative virtual museums. The research group of one of the authors have already proposed a 3D graphics software development system called IntelligentBox. IntelligentBox has provided various software components called boxes, which are 3D visible, reactive objects. IntelligentBox allows the user to develop 3D graphics applications by combining already existing boxes through direct manipulations on a computer screen. Recently the authors have been interested in the development of network collaborative virtual museums using IntelligentBox as one topic of their collaboration researches. In this paper, the authors propose interaction models for network collaborative virtual museums and explain 3D visual component based approach for the implementation of those interaction models based on using IntelligentBox