| COVEN is a unique project which brings together a wide range of expertise on communication infrastructures, CSCW, Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interaction and VR animation to provide support for a European distributed virtual environment. Target key issues are collaboration support within VEs (including awareness, communication, group interaction, etc.), corresponding requirements at network and platform level, and related Human Factors aspects. |

COVEN is a project of the European Union Advanced Communications Technologies and Services Programme, in the Fourth Framework Programme of research and development (1994-1998).