Estudo comparativo entre plataformas de suporte a ambientes virtuais distribuídos

Abstract

This study presents a comparative study of the use of the CORBA architecture (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) and the .NET platform as an intermediate communication layer between distributed virtual environments. The main objective of this work is to develop a prototype based of platform .NET and the graphic library OPENGL that allows the communication among two or more distinct virtual environments, in a such way that actions taken in one environment modifies the reality of other environment and vice versa. Thus, the photosynthesis phenomenon has been taken into account as a case study (due to the Biology and Chemistry environments). Scalability and latency are the main parameters used to perform the proposed architecture comparison. Finally, it is important to say this work has been done to provide tools that can support the multidisciplinary education process. Therefore, it aimed to help distributed virtual environments.