Virtual Worlds Group

Using 3-D Virtual Worlds to Design Collaborative
Information Visualizations

iUni - Information Universe
Explore different learning environments such as a Natural Disaster Area, a Science House, a Quest Atlantis portal to different theme parks for kids, an Art Cafe, and a Virtual Collaboration area.
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/iUni

iScape - Information Landscape
A world dedicated to the analysis and visual display of information for teaching and research purposes.
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/iscape

i-Palace - Memory Palace
Visit the shared resource space of online documents for faculty and students at the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University that attempts to become a truely collaborative 'Memory Palace'.
http://vw.indiana.edu/i-Palace

i-Garden - Mirror Garden
This world visualizes user interaction data (e.g., navigation, manipulation, chatting, and Web access) collected in the i-Palace world. This 'Twin-World' approach aims to guide users, to augment the design and evaluation of virtual worlds, and to provide a tool to research virtual worlds and their evolving user communities.
http://vw.indiana.edu/i-Garden

Come and visit our brave new worlds!

Just download the free iUni 3-D browser from http://iuni.slis.indiana.edu/.
Install it by double clicking the iuni-3.2.exe file.
Launch the browser by double-clicking on the iUni icon on your desktop.
Enter as a tourist and select one of our worlds on the left panel of the iUni browser.

SLIS@IU

Katy Börner

VW
http://vw.indiana.edu/
Last modified: 07/23/2002

	iUni - Information Universe Explore different learning environments such as a Natural Disaster Area, a Science House, a Quest Atlantis portal to different theme parks for kids, an Art Cafe, and a Virtual Collaboration area. http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/iUni
	iScape - Information Landscape A world dedicated to the analysis and visual display of information for teaching and research purposes. http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/iscape
	i-Palace - Memory Palace Visit the shared resource space of online documents for faculty and students at the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University that attempts to become a truely collaborative 'Memory Palace'. http://vw.indiana.edu/i-Palace
	i-Garden - Mirror Garden This world visualizes user interaction data (e.g., navigation, manipulation, chatting, and Web access) collected in the i-Palace world. This 'Twin-World' approach aims to guide users, to augment the design and evaluation of virtual worlds, and to provide a tool to research virtual worlds and their evolving user communities. http://vw.indiana.edu/i-Garden