Digital Media: The Future

This volume presents state-of-the-art research from a wide area of subjects brought about by the digital convergence of computing, television, telecommunications and the World-Wide Web. It represents a unique snapshot of trends across a wide range of subjects including virtual environments; virtual reality; telepresence; human-computer interface design; interactivity; avatars; and the Internet. Both researchers and practitioners will find it an invaluable source of reference.

Represents a valuable snapshot of trends in digital media applications

Inhalt
1 New Media Technologies: The European Perspective.- 2 From Web Site to Online Presence; From Internet to Information Society.- 3 Human-Computer Interaction with Global Information Spaces Beyond Data Mining.- 4 Transparent Access to Video Over the Web: A Review of Current Approaches.- 5 Ubiquitous Communications and Media: Steps Toward a Wearable Learning Tool.- 6 Grafting the User Interface onto Reality.- 7 Challenges for the World-Wide Graphics Web.- 8 Watermarking of Digital Images Current Techniques and Future Prospects.- 9 An Evolving Vision of Sound: An Intuitive User Interface for Creative Control of Complex Musical Objects.- 10 Integrating Paper and Digital Documents.- 11 Smart Documents with ActiveX 3D Data Visualization Components.- 12 3D Fashion Design and the Virtual Catwalk.- 13 Artificial Garments for Synthetic Humans in Global Retailing.- 14 CATS: A Multimedia Tool for Scenographic Simulation in Theatre and TV.- 15 Interpretation and Performance Assessment of Actors' Representations in Virtual Rehearsals.- 16 Real-Time Virtual Humans.- 17 Dialogue Design for a Virtual Interactive Presenter.- 18 Virtual Humans' Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and Crowds.- 19 An Inhabited 3D Oil Platform for Immersive CSCW.- 20 3D Virtual Community Building Applications in the PANIVE Architecture.- 21 Telepresence the Future of Telephony.- 22 A Journey to the Hemispheric User Interface Creative and Technical Achievements.- Author Index.