A Collaborative VirtualWorkspace for Factory Configuration and Evaluation

Ingo Zinnikus, Sergiy Byelozyorov, Xiaoqi Cao, Matthias Klusch, Christopher Krauss
2014 EAI Endorsed Transactions on Collaborative Computing  
The convergence of information technologies (IT) has enabled the Digital Enterprise in which engineering, production planning, manufacturing and sales processes are supported by IT-based collaboration, simulation and enactment. As a result, borders between reality and its virtual representations become increasingly blurred. Advanced tools need to support flexibility, specialization and collaborative evolution of the design where the exchange of knowledge between domain experts helps to improve
more » ... nformed decision making. In this paper, we present a collaborative, synchronized web-based framework to create 3D scenarios for product design, simulation and training assisted by animated avatars.
doi:10.4108/cc.1.1.e5 fatcat:lefzzz4kybbzvkvo6pkxnlnkmy