Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
The ROTATOR model has seven distinct stages that extend from a purely virtual world
communicative environment to a real world presentation with no augmentation or virtual
world presentation. The operative characterisitcs of each stage of this model are divided into
four areas: 1) Business Environment, 2) collaborative tasks, 3) end-users, and 4) other
encompassing technologies. These areas are designed and described because they are the
ones most likely to affect and represent the business needs, uses, and outcomes available.
The ROTATOR framework is specifically designed to be used as a situational, needs
analysis based tool for business and other industries to use to guage the best investment of
their time and money if they choose to begin using virtual reailty or augmented reality
environments. The use of the term ROTATOR is indicative of the fact that business can
approach the integration of virtual workspaces from either end of the model. In its broadest
sense, the concept of rotation involves having a clear central point that stays fixed and in
this context that fixed point is the process of virtual workplace collaborations and like any
palindrome it can be approached from either end. In the case of virtual workspace
collaborations that movement is between the two extremes of real and virtual environments,
with varying degrees of reality and virtualized processes and capabilities enmeshed in
between.
Fig. 2. Stages in the ROTATOR Model
Stage numbering begins at boths ends as well using roman numerals I through IV with
Stage IV being at the center point. Beginning from the real end of the spectrum, the first
three stages are designated Stage I
ar
, Stage II
ar
, and Stage III
ar
. Beginning from the virtual
end of the spectrum, the first three stages are designated Stage I
vr
, Stage II
vr
, and Stage III
vr
.
Note the the center has no subscript denoting a blend of both virtual reality and augmented
reality at the center.
