Ebook: Digital Convergence: The Information Revolution

Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that is still difficult to comprehend. This digital convergence is shaping society, technology and the media for the next millennium. Areas as diverse as home banking and shopping over the Internet; WWW access over mobile phone networks; and television systems such as Web TV which combine on-line services with television. But convergence is not just about technology. It is also about services and new ways of doing business and of interacting with society. Digital convergence heralds the 'Information Revolution'. Edited by John Vince and Rae Earnshaw this important new book on Digital Convergence: TheInformation Revolution is an edited volume of papers, bringing together state-of-the-art developments in the Internet and World Wide Web and should be compulsory reading for all those interested in and working in those areas.

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Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that is still difficult to comprehend. This digital convergence is shaping society, technology and the media for the next millennium. Areas as diverse as home banking and shopping over the Internet; WWW access over mobile phone networks; and television systems such as Web TV which combine on-line services with television. But convergence is not just about technology. It is also about services and new ways of doing business and of interacting with society. Digital convergence heralds the 'Information Revolution'. Edited by John Vince and Rae Earnshaw this important new book on Digital Convergence: TheInformation Revolution is an edited volume of papers, bringing together state-of-the-art developments in the Internet and World Wide Web and should be compulsory reading for all those interested in and working in those areas.

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Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that is still difficult to comprehend. This digital convergence is shaping society, technology and the media for the next millennium. Areas as diverse as home banking and shopping over the Internet; WWW access over mobile phone networks; and television systems such as Web TV which combine on-line services with television. But convergence is not just about technology. It is also about services and new ways of doing business and of interacting with society. Digital convergence heralds the 'Information Revolution'. Edited by John Vince and Rae Earnshaw this important new book on Digital Convergence: TheInformation Revolution is an edited volume of papers, bringing together state-of-the-art developments in the Internet and World Wide Web and should be compulsory reading for all those interested in and working in those areas.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Broadband Internet: Future Applications and Challenges....Pages 3-12
The Future of Content: Towards a 5th Framework Programme in Multimedia Content & Tools....Pages 13-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Digital Convergence at the User Interface....Pages 29-46
Cultural Objects in Digital Convergence....Pages 47-55
The Role of 3D Shared Worlds in Support of Chance Encounters in CSCW....Pages 56-72
Agent-Based Facial Animation....Pages 73-88
The Use of Dynamic Behaviors in a Network-Based Animation System....Pages 89-100
Virtual Rehearsal Over Networks....Pages 101-115
WWW Television News in Context: Organizational Practices and Media Products....Pages 116-131
Live Internet Broadcasting: Some Unique Experiences....Pages 132-143
Jogging the Memory: Dynamic Visualization Over the Web....Pages 144-158
“Thin” vs. “Fat” Visualization Clients....Pages 159-173
How to Build a Pan-European Multilingual Information Distribution System....Pages 174-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
A Distributed Object-Based Architecture for Remote Rendering on the WWW....Pages 189-205
Multi-User Visualization: a CORBA/Web-Based Approach....Pages 206-219
Scene Capture and Modeling for Three-Dimensional Interactive Stereo Television Broadcasting....Pages 220-253
Semi-Automated Construction of Virtual Scenes from Cinematographic Data....Pages 254-275
Video Search and Retrieval: Current Pratice and Future Evolution....Pages 276-290
Video Compression in MPEG-4....Pages 291-312
Implications of Television Over the Internet....Pages 313-326
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The Implementation of PANIVE: a PC-Based Architecture for Networked Interactive Virtual Environments....Pages 327-340
Applications for 3-, 4- and 5-Sided CAVES....Pages 341-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-351

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Although the computer's life has been relatively short, it has brought about an information revolution that is transforming our world on a scale that is still difficult to comprehend. This digital convergence is shaping society, technology and the media for the next millennium. Areas as diverse as home banking and shopping over the Internet; WWW access over mobile phone networks; and television systems such as Web TV which combine on-line services with television. But convergence is not just about technology. It is also about services and new ways of doing business and of interacting with society. Digital convergence heralds the 'Information Revolution'. Edited by John Vince and Rae Earnshaw this important new book on Digital Convergence: TheInformation Revolution is an edited volume of papers, bringing together state-of-the-art developments in the Internet and World Wide Web and should be compulsory reading for all those interested in and working in those areas.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Broadband Internet: Future Applications and Challenges....Pages 3-12
The Future of Content: Towards a 5th Framework Programme in Multimedia Content & Tools....Pages 13-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Digital Convergence at the User Interface....Pages 29-46
Cultural Objects in Digital Convergence....Pages 47-55
The Role of 3D Shared Worlds in Support of Chance Encounters in CSCW....Pages 56-72
Agent-Based Facial Animation....Pages 73-88
The Use of Dynamic Behaviors in a Network-Based Animation System....Pages 89-100
Virtual Rehearsal Over Networks....Pages 101-115
WWW Television News in Context: Organizational Practices and Media Products....Pages 116-131
Live Internet Broadcasting: Some Unique Experiences....Pages 132-143
Jogging the Memory: Dynamic Visualization Over the Web....Pages 144-158
“Thin” vs. “Fat” Visualization Clients....Pages 159-173
How to Build a Pan-European Multilingual Information Distribution System....Pages 174-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
A Distributed Object-Based Architecture for Remote Rendering on the WWW....Pages 189-205
Multi-User Visualization: a CORBA/Web-Based Approach....Pages 206-219
Scene Capture and Modeling for Three-Dimensional Interactive Stereo Television Broadcasting....Pages 220-253
Semi-Automated Construction of Virtual Scenes from Cinematographic Data....Pages 254-275
Video Search and Retrieval: Current Pratice and Future Evolution....Pages 276-290
Video Compression in MPEG-4....Pages 291-312
Implications of Television Over the Internet....Pages 313-326
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The Implementation of PANIVE: a PC-Based Architecture for Networked Interactive Virtual Environments....Pages 327-340
Applications for 3-, 4- and 5-Sided CAVES....Pages 341-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-351
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