| People collaborate because collaboration changes the process of work for them in desirable ways. The rapid spread of computer and telecommunication technologies has made individual use of computers in the home and office commonplace. Computers are utilized for many routine tasks, much collaborative or cooperative work is computer-based. Computer supported collaborative systems provide easy, interesting, and effective group interactive environments.; In computer supported collaborative systems, the mode of interaction is either asynchronous or synchronous (real-time). This thesis research focuses on the real-time collaboration systems, which are multi-user computer applications that allow physically distant people to work together at the same time. The main goal of this research is to develop a real-time collaboration system for real-time work. The interaction and distribution technologies underlying real-time collaboration systems are addressed. This thesis also describes the design and implementation of a real-time collaboration system. |
