<s>
Verse	O
is	O
a	O
networking	B-Architecture
protocol	O
allowing	O
real-time	O
communication	O
between	O
computer	O
graphics	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
several	O
architects	B-Application
can	O
build	O
a	O
house	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
virtual	O
environment	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
computers	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
using	O
different	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
one	O
architect	B-Application
builds	O
a	O
spiral	O
staircase	O
,	O
it	O
instantly	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
screens	O
of	O
all	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verse	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
capacity	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
multiple	O
computers	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
:	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
hand-held	B-Application
computer	I-Application
in	O
Spain	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
rendering	O
power	O
of	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Swedish	O
Royal	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
(	O
KTH	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
collaborators	O
including	O
the	O
Interactive	O
Institute	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
an	O
EU	O
project	O
called	O
Uni-Verse	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EU	O
Commission	O
granted	O
them	O
nearly	O
SEK	O
18	O
million	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
several	O
years	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
system	O
for	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
acoustics	O
using	O
Verse	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
into	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
platform	O
.	O
</s>
