Support for Distributed Collaboration in theSupport for Distributed Collaboration in theDismounted Incident Collaboration EnvironmentDismounted Incident Collaboration Environment

Social Web + Agents + Plans + Virtual WorldsSocial Web + Agents + Plans + Virtual Worlds

http://i-x.infohttp://openvce.net

http://openvce.net/i-room2010

3D Views onto the Internet3D Views onto the Internet

Social NetworkingSocial Networking

Content ManagementContent Management

Instant MessagingInstant Messaging

Intelligent AgentsIntelligent Agents

Semantic WebSemantic Web

Web ServicesWeb Services

Community KnowledgeCommunity Knowledge

VoIPVoIP

TeleconferencingTeleconferencing

Collaborative Collaborative SystemsSystems

Agent PresenceAgent Presence

Project to provide a Virtual Collaboration Environment for the WoSCR Community

• Whole of Society Crisis Response Community

• Cognitive Work Analysis of Requirements and Technologies

• Virtual Collaboration Environment:– Web-based portal– Virtual interaction space– Community tools including I-Room– Collaboration protocol

• USJFCOM, US ARL HRED, CMU, U.Virginia, U.Edinburgh, Perigean Technologies

Cognitive Work Analysis

Vicente, K. J. (1999) Cognitive Work Analysis

OpenVCE Portal – Roles of Elements

Collaboration Tools – Roles of Elements

Web Pages – definitive edited content and index pages (editorial control)

News and Calendar – Activity Awareness

Discussion Forums – threaded discussions within community

Wiki – community knowledge creation and refinement

Blogs – individual web logs

Status – current activity

Comments – can be added to most elements

I-Room: Mixed-initiative Collaboration

Truly distributed mixed initiative collaboration and task support is the focus of the I-Room, allowing for the following tasks:

• situation monitoring• sense-making• analysis and simulation• planning• option analysis• briefing• decision making• responsive enactment

Sensing andSituation Analysis

Planning, EvaluationOption Argumentation

Briefing andDecision Making

Acting, Reactingand Communication

CentralMeeting

Area

3D Space via Adobe Connect for Web Observers

2008-2010 HarmonieWeb -> 2012 APAN

OpenVCE for the Dismounted IncidentCollaboration Environment (DICE)

Web Portal Simplification

Revisit Use of Moodle VLE for Quizzes, etc

Virtual Worlds Space SimplificationUncluttered I-Room in MOSES/OpenSim

Second Life -> OpenSim -> Collada -> Unity3D

Virtual Worlds Space SimplificationTrying Unity3D in Web Browser

http://openvce.net