designs with which to evolve the Web and its clients. The first is the WebBook, a 3D interactive book of HTML pages. The WebBook allows rapid interaction with objects at a higher level of aggregation than pages. The second is the Web Forager, an application that embeds the WebBook and other objects in a

We describe the i-LAND environment which constitutes an example of our vision of the workspaces of the future, in this case supporting cooperative work of dynamic teams with changing needs. i-LAND requires and provides new forms of human-computer interaction and new forms of computer

Progress in search interfaces requires vigorous inquiry into how search features can be embedded into application environments such as those for decision-making, personal information collecting, and designing. Progress can be made by focusing on mid-level descriptions of how search components can

By defining standardized protocols for discovering, accessing, monitoring, and managing remote computers, storage systems, networks, and other resources, Grid technologies make it possible—in principle—to allocate resources to applications dynamically, in an on-demand fashion [1]. However, while

The Problem: To build workspaces that effectively support people in everyday work situations, one needs to focus on both the technology and the physical environment in which work takes place. Much progress has been made in recent years in developing technology: Research in intelligent spaces

Abstract. Coordinating the interactions of applications running on the diversity of devices that will be common in ubiquitous computing environments is still a difficult and not completely solved problem. We look at one such environment, an interactive workspace, where groups come together

but a dedicated platform. Worse, even if the applications do run there, the results they produce may not be consistent across different runs. As part of the Center for Enabling Distributed Petascale Science (CEDPS) project we have been developing the Workspace service which allows authorized Grid

Abstract. Scientists often face the need for more computing power than is available locally, but are constrained by the fact that even if the required resources were available remotely, their complex software stack would not be easy to port to those resources. Many applications are dependency

-grain enforcement and, given the ability to serialize their state and migrate, offer increased flexibility to environments in the Grid. To take advantage of this new technology in Grid computing, we introduced the concept of virtual workspaces which can be configured, managed and deployed in a Grid environment

This paper focuses on the distributed architecture of the collaborative three-dimensional user interface management system Studierstube. The system allows multiple users to experience a shared 3D workspace populated by multiple applications using see-through head mounted displays or other