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Welcome to
the Panopticon:
A Dream Building:
a Diagram
of a Mechanism of Learning.
A multi-user
collaborative VRMl learning environment. These web pages map the
development of the Panopticon, an OnLine collaborative learning
environment that integrates a variety of internet technologies,
including RTC, video conferencing, and photo-realistic VR (QTVR
and 'RealVR'), within a multi-user VRML environment or MUSE (Multi-User
Simulation Environment).
The Panopticon
is designed to support members of the CAiiA-STAR OnLine integrated
research programme, and participants enrolled on Masters level
short courses drawn from the 'New Media' industries (including;
digital TV, Interactive Media developers, electronic publishing,
Information Architects, etc).
The project
will ultimately deliver a number of OnLine VRML spaces/places
and software tools that will allow participants to collaboratively
create their own 'haptic' learning sub-environments within the
overall architecture of the project.
This site
represents the top layer of the project, and explains the context,
the design process, and demonstrats some of the environments and
techniques explored. For assistance with navigation of this site
select INFO. For further information and registration for the
project select OnLine.
Enjoy your
visit to the Panopticon.
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