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Secure User-Contributed 3D Virtual Environments

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This chapter deals with the problem of access control in 3D virtual environments which are interactive, behavior-rich, multi-user, and based on user-contributed content. Traditional coarse-grained and geometry-centric privilege modeling methods are not sufficient for such environments. New methods are required that concern not only geometrical models, their relationships and structure, but also inter-object behavioral interactions. In this chapter, a method called Selective Semantic Modeling (SSM) is described. The SSM method enables modeling of privileges for behavioral objects with respect to their semantics. The SSM method is based on the concept of semantic operations, which are generated at run-time from the current content structure of a virtual environment and are applicable to the access control model as a part of a privilege. Semantic consistency of the privilege is guaranteed by a two-phase regeneration and validation mechanism, so that user privileges can be expressed in a precise, semantically accurate and flexible way.

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Wójtowicz, A. (2012). Secure User-Contributed 3D Virtual Environments. In: Cellary, W., Walczak, K. (eds) Interactive 3D Multimedia Content. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2497-9_7

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