CavernSoft
CAVERN, the CAVE Research Network, is an alliance of industrial and research institutions equipped with immersive equipment and high-performance computing resources all interconnected by high-speed networks to support collaboration in design, training, visualization, and computational steering in virtual reality.
C++ hybrid-networking/database library optimized for the rapid construction of collaborative Virtual Reality applications
VR developers can quickly share information between their applications with very little coding
The Information Request Broker (IRB) is the nucleus of all CAVERN-based client and server applications
An IRB is an autonomous repository of persistent data driven by a database, and accessible by a variety of networking interfaces
CAVERNsoft is most succinctly described as a C++ hybrid-networking/database library optimized for the rapid construction of collaborative Virtual Reality applications. Using CAVERNsoft VR developers can quickly share information between their applications with very little coding. CAVERNsoft takes over the responsibility of making sure data is distributed efficiently.
The IRB
The Information Request Broker (IRB) is the nucleus of all CAVERN-based client and server applications. An IRB is an autonomous repository of persistent data driven by a database, and accessible by a variety of networking interfaces. The goal is to develop a hybrid system that combines a distributed shared memory model with distributed database technology and realtime networking technology under a unified interface to allow the construction of arbitrary collaborative VR (CVR) topologies.