Distance learning—one of the current industry catchphrases—can trace its fairly young roots to the military where team training has become a powerful means…
September 1999 - Vol. 42 No. 9
Features
The National Conference of Commissions on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) in July voted to promulgate the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), formerly the…
Legally Speaking: Why the Anticircumvention Regulations Need Revision
Like a tempest in a teapot, the storm rages on over DMCA's ambiguous provisions.
International Perspectives: Y2K International Status and Opportunities
Measures to raise awareness are only the first steps to global compliance.
Digital Newspapers Explore Marketing on the Internet
New forms of digital news products combine existing forms of generating revenue with new product development and services.
Exploiting the Benefits of Y2K Preparation
Paying for Y2K compliance is also an investment in future systems performance, and in long-term business performance and financial goals.
Teaching E-Commerce to a Multidisciplinary Class
The students were the virtual vendors, consumers, and corporate executives, paying and receiving e-payments and negotiating with the bank and the government.
The Economics of Network Management
Why are pricing issues the key to infrastructure investment and future growth of the Internet?
Distributed Mission Training: Teams, Virtual Reality, and Real-Time Networking
Distributed Mission Training (DMT) is a revolutionary team-training paradigm currently evolving at the U.S. Department of Defense, especially in the Air Force. The…
Multimodal Integrated Team Training
Distributed Mission Training is the creation of a shared environment comprised of real, virtual, and constructive systems that allow teams of individuals to train both…
The Effectiveness of Distributed Mission Training
Synthetic training environments can enhance teamwork performance.
A Reusable Architecture For Simulations
Flexible, interacting simulations provide a foundation for successful DMT applications.
Image Generation Systems in Virtual Training Platforms
A novel technology proves ideally suited to fast-moving training environs.
Implementing Distributed Mission Training
An experimental training program tests the DMT mettle through some tough terrain.
Technical Opinion: Getting the Best of Both Real and Virtual Worlds
A simple but effective way to facilitate visual occlusion using a see-through display.
Inside Risks: the Trojan Horse Race
This year has been pivotal for malicious software (malware) such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Although the problem is not new, Internet growth and weak system…
