SAGE

Playing and Learning Without Borders: A Real-Time Online Play Environment

The ENJEUX-S project, funded by CANARIE Inc., presents a real-time online communication interface designed to enrich educational games and simulations developed within the SAGE network.

• The ENJEUX-S project, funded by CANARIE Inc., adds real-time telepresence to browser-based educational games in the SAGE network by integrating video, voice, chat, whiteboard, and access management directly into game environments.
• The system uses a service-oriented architecture built on Web services (XML/SOAP, WSDL, UDDI), a Flash client layer, a network layer over the CAnet4 high-speed fiber backbone with IPv6 support, and a server layer combining a Flash Communication server, data server, and database.
• Users need only a webcam, headphones, and a high-speed connection, with no special software downloads required.