Digital Convergence: The Information Revolution

360 Pages·1999·14.349 MB·English

by  Steve Molyneux (auth.), John Vince, Rae Earnshaw (eds.)

Digital Convergence:
The Information Revolution
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John Vince and Rae Earnshaw (Eds)
Digital
Convergence:
The Information
Revolution
With 161 figures
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John A. Vince, MTech, PhD, FBCS, CEng
School of Media, Arts and Communication, University of
Bournemouth, Talbot Campus, Poole BH12 SBB, UK
Rae Earnshaw, BSc, MSc, PhD, FBCS, CEng
University of Bradford, Bradford BD7IDP, UK
Cover Illustrations: ActiveX visualization components developed with AVS/Express (see
Chapter 12, "Thin" vs. "Fat" Visualization Clients, by Mikael Jern)
ISBN-13:978-1-4471-1220-4 e-ISBN-13:978-1-4471-0863-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0863-4
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Digital convergence: the information revolution
l.Digital communications 2.Information technology
3.Broadband communication systems 4.Internet (Computer
network)
I.Vince, John, 1941- II.Earnshaw, R. A. (Rae A.)
384.3
ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-1220-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Digital convergence: the information revolution 1 John Vince and Rae
Earnshaw (eds.).
p. cm.
ISBN-13:978-1-4471-1220-4
1. Internet (Computer network) 2. World Wide Web (Information
retrieval system) I. Vince, John (John A.) II. Earnshaw, Rae A.,
1944- .
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Contents
List of Contributors ix
1 Introdudion
1 Broadband Internet: Future Applications and Challenges
Steve Molyneux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3
2 The Future of Content: Towards a 5th Framework Programme
in Multimedia Content & Tools
Kieran O'Hea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13
2 Cultural Issues
3 Digital Convergence at the User Interface
David Leevers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29
4 Cultural Objects in Digital Convergence
Marc Cavazza ........................... 47
5 The Role of 3D Shared Wodds in Support of Chance
Encounters in CSCW
Avon Huxor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 56
6 Agent-Based Facial Animation
Ali AI-Qayedi and Adrian F. Clark 73
7 The Use of Dynamic Behaviors in a Network-Based
Animation System
W. Tang, A. Osman and 1. Palmer ................ 89
8 Virtual Rehearsal Over Networks
Carlton Reeve and Ian Palmer .................. 101
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vi Contents
9 WWW Television News in Context: Organizational Practices
and Media Products
Simeon J. Yates and Jane L. Perrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 .
10 Live Internet Broadcasting: Some Unique Experiences
D.R. Lawrence, A. Sloane, D.E. Price and G. Constable 132
11 Jogging the Memory: Dynamic Visualization Over the Web
Jeremy Walton ............. . ....... ...... 144
12 "Thin" vs. "Fat" Visualization Clients
Mikael Jern ...... ... . ... ............ .... 159
13 How to Build a Pan-European Multilingual Information
Distribution System
James A. Malcolm and Jill A. Hewitt . . . . . . . . . .. .. . 17.4
3 Technological Issues
14 A Distributed Object-Based Architecture for Remote Rendering
on the WWW
M.D.J. McNeill . . .......... . .......... .... 189
15 Multi-User Visualization: aC ORBAIWeb-Based Approach
Bastiaan Schonhage and Anton Eliens .......... ... 206
16 Scene Capture and Modeling for Three-Dimensional Interactive
Stereo Television Broadcasting
A.L. Thomas .......... ...... ............ 220
17 Semi-Automated Construction of Virtual Scenes from
Cinematographic Data
P.R. Giaccone, D. Greenhill and G.A. Jones .. .. . ... .. . 254
18 Video Search and Retrieval: Current Practice and Future
Evolution
Michele Re, Massimo Zallocco, Mariapia Monaldi
and Giuliano Barsanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . 2.7 6
19 Video Compression in MPEG-4
J. Jiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 9. 1. . . . . . .
20 Implications of Television Over the Internet
Nikolaos Kotsis, Robert B. Lambert and Douglas R. McGregor 313
Contents vii
21 The Implementation ofPANIVE: a PC-Based Architecture for
Networked Interactive Virtual Environments
Karin Coninx, Frank Van Reeth, Marc Flerackers
and Eddy Flerackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 3.2 7. . .
22 Applications for 3-, 4-and 5-Sided CAVES
1.L. Encarnafiio, C. Knopjle, S. Maller and M. Unbescheiden 341
Author Index ............................. 351
List of Contributors
Ali AI-Qayedi Adrian F. Clark
VASE Laboratory VASE Laboratory
Electronic Systems Engineering Electronic Systems Engineering
University of Essex University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park Wivenhoe Park
Colchester Colchester
C043SQ C043SQ
UK UK
Email: Email:
[email protected] [email protected]
Home page: Home page:
http://vasewww.essex.ac. uk/ http://esewww.essex.ac.uk! -alienI
Giuliano Barsanti Karin Coninx
FINSIEL Limburg University Centre
Via Matteucci 34/B Expertise Centre for Digital
56124 Pis a Media
Italy Wetenschapspark 2
Email: B-3590 Diepenbeek
[email protected] Belgium
Home page: Email:
http://www.finsiel.it/ [email protected]
Home page:
Marc Cavazza http://www.edm.luc.ac.be/
EIMC Department
University of Bradford G. Constable
Bradford BD7 lDP Department of Computer Science
UK University of Wales
Email: Aberystwyth
[email protected] UK
Home Page: Email:
http://www.eimc.brad.ac.uk/ [email protected]
Home page:
http://www.aber.ac.uk/
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x Ust of Contributors
Anton Eliens P.R. Giaccone
Vrije Universiteit School of Computer Science and
Dep. of Mathematics and Electronic Systems
Computer Science Kingston University
De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Kingston upon Thames
Amsterdam Surrey
The Netherlands KT12EE
Email: UK
[email protected] Email:
Home page: [email protected]
http://www.cs.vu.nU Home page:
http://techweb.king.ac.uk!cses/
J.1. Encarnac;:ao people/PauIG/
Fraunhofer-Institute for
Computer Graphics D. Greenhill
Rundeturmstr.6 School of Computer Science and
64 283 Darmstadt Electronic Systems
Germany Kingston University
Email: Kingston upon Thames
[email protected] Surrey
KT12EE
Home page:
UK
http://www.igd.fhg.de/
Email:
Eddy Flerackers [email protected]
Limburg University Centre Home page:
Expertise Centre for Digital http://techweb.king.ac.uk!cses/
Media people/
Wetenschapspark 2
B-3590 Diepenbeek Jill A. Hewitt
Belgium Department of Computer Science
Email: Faculty of Engineering and
[email protected] Information Science
University of Hertfordshire
Home page:
UK
http://www.edm.luc.ac.be/
Email:
Marc Flerackers J .AH. [email protected]
ANDROMENV Home page:
Wetenschapspark 1 http://www.cs.herts.ac.u k!
B-3590 Diepenbeek
Belgium Avon Huxor
Email: Centre for Electronic Arts
[email protected] Middlesex University
Cat Hill
Home page:
London
http://www.androme.com/
EN48HT
UK
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Email: Email:
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MikaelJern Nikolaos Kotsis
Advanced Visual Systems 26 Richmond Street
15 Blokken Glasgow
DK 3460 GIIXH
Birkeroed UK
Denmark Email:
Email [email protected]
[email protected] Home page:
Home page: http://www.cs.strath.ac.uk/
http://www.avs.dkI -nick!
J. Jiang Robert B. Lambert
School of Computing 26 Richmond Street
University of Glamorgan Glasgow
Pontypridd GIIXH
CF37IDL UK
UK Email:
Email: [email protected]
[email protected] Home page:
Home page: http://www.cs.strath.ac.uk/
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D.R. Lawrence
G.A. Jones School of Computing and IT
School of Computer Science and University of Wo lverhampton
Electronic Systems UK
Kingston University Email:
Kingston upon Thames cm [email protected]
Surrey
Home page:
KTl2EE
http://www.wlv.ac.uk!-cm/1950/
UK
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