Multimedia Systems

Delivering, Generating and Interacting with Multimedia
2000
ISBN: 978-1-85233-248-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 191 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Reihe: Applied Computing

What are Multimedia Systems? This book is intended to expose you to multimedia in its widest sense. The popular understanding of this subject is that it is the integration and delivery of text, images and sound, usually on a desktop Pc. We are all familiar with examples from the extensive range of multimedia titles available on CD-ROM. These give us a rich set of sensory experiences, and, perhaps more important, we are free to navigate our way through the information as we choose. However, this is only half of the story since these titles can only deliver information. A recent IEEE publication (Chen, 1997) suggested that multimedia should include all systems that integrate diverse media, in standalone or networked applications, either for presentation or communication. Diverse media implies visual and aural information (text, static and moving pictures and sound). Networking could be realised using intranet or telephone links. Presentation systems would imply the multimedia delivery systems with which we are all familiar. Communication implies a two-way interaction with the computer. So as well as transmitting infor­ mation, multimedia systems should also be able to understand and react to information presented to them using the same set of diverse media (such as typed text, pictures and sound).

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Interface Design, Interaktionsdesign, Application Design
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Fotobeabeitung und Bildbearbeitung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion User Interface Design & Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- What are Multimedia Systems?.- Multimedia Delivery Systems.- Multimedia Interactivity.- What Topics does the Book Cover?.- I.- 2 Perception and Data Coding.- 3 Organising and Delivering Multimedia Objects.- 4 Hardware to Support Multimedia Systems.- II.- 5 Multimedia Interactivity.- 6 Speech Generation.- 7 Speech Recognition.- 8 Head Pointing Devices.- 9 Gesture Recognition.- 10 Motion Following and Interpretation.- 11 Synthesising a Visual Response.- Conclusions.- Appendices.- HTML - Hypertext Markup Language.- Mathematical Techniques.- Publicly Available Software.