Challenges for Selecting Optimal Coordinators in Peer-to-Peer-Based Massively Multi-User Virtual Environments

Peer-to-Peer-based Massively Multi-user Virtual Environments (P2P-MMVEs) often use coordinator peers to enhance the system's capabilities. The success of this approach depends on selecting suitable peers as coordinators. However, existing approaches either do not select coordinators based on their suitability or simply assume that techniques for such a selection exist. In this paper we argue that these techniques are not currently available for P2P- MMVEs. We believe that developing such techniques is one of the few remaining challenges for the real- world feasibility of P2P-MMVEs. As a first step towards this goal, we identify and discuss the challenges associated with this research in detail.