XPU: A Distributed Architecture for Metaverses

Authors

Francis Chang, Portland State UniversityFollow
C. Mic Bowman, IntelFollow
Wu-chi Feng, Portland State UniversityFollow

Sponsor

Portland State University. Department of Computer Science

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

2010

Subjects

Virtual reality, Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing, Shared virtual environments, Computer architecture, Client/server computing

Abstract

A significant problem of designing 3D virtual worlds (such as metaverses) is developing a scalable architecture that can manage millions of simultaneous users in an interactive 3D environment. This paper presents XPU (Extremely Partitioned Universe), a hierarchical client-server architecture for developing highly scalable metaverses. This design addresses the problem of dynamically partitioning the world to manage network and computing resources.

Description

Portland State University Computer Science Department Technical Report #10-04, 2010.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30752

Citation Details

Chang, Francis; Bowman, C. Mic; and Feng, Wu-chi, "XPU: A Distributed Architecture for Metaverses" (2010). Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations. 218.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30752