A framework for performance evaluation of large-scale interactive distributed virtual environments

• Interactivity is a key consideration in large-scale distributed virtual environments (DVEs), such as massively multi-player online games. Due to the Internet dynamics as well as the large-scale and distributed nature of many DVEs, it is difficult to quantify the possible improvements claimed by various DVE interactivity enhancement approaches. In this paper, we propose a scalable framework that supports evaluation of interactivity indicators, under dynamic Internet conditions. We have developed and used this framework to conduct extensive experiments on Planet-Lab with many distributed client and server locations. We have collected the latency experienced by over 700 client locations distributed around the globe over a few days; and used it for evaluating performance of some recently proposed zone mapping algorithms.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Annan data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Other Computer and Information Science (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Distributed Virtual Environments

Interactivity

Massively multi-player online games

Performance evaluation

Server location

Zone mapping

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