Frontiers of Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Rae Earnshaw, John A. Vince

      Pages 1-9

3. Virtual Environments

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Virtual Environments: a Review

      • John A. Vince

      Pages 13-26

   3. The Role of Virtual Humans in Virtual Environment Technology and Interfaces

      • Daniel Thalmann

      Pages 27-38

   4. Perceptual User Interfaces

      • Matthew Turk

      Pages 39-51

   5. Guidelines for Telepresence and Shared Virtual Environments

      • Rae Earnshaw

      Pages 52-64

4. Augmented Reality and Mobile Computing

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Mobile Augmented Reality: a Complex Human-Centered System

      • Simon Julier, Steven Feiner, Lawrence Rosenblum

      Pages 67-79

   3. Toward Tightly Coupled Human Interfaces

      • Thomas A. Furness III

      Pages 80-98

   4. Situation-Aware Mobile Assistance

      • Thomas Kirste

      Pages 99-115

5. Devices for Display and Interaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Devices for Display and Interaction

      • Turner Whitted

      Pages 119-136

   3. Technologies for Virtual Reality/Tele-Immersion Applications: Issues of Research in Image Display and Global Networking

      • Tom DeFanti, Dan Sandin, Maxine Brown, Dave Pape, Josephine Anstey, Mike Bogucki et al.

      Pages 137-159

6. Future Interfaces

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Post-Wimp User Interfaces: the Human Connection

      • Andries van Dam

      Pages 163-178

   3. Universal Usability: A Research Agenda for Human-Computer Interaction to Empower Every Citizen

      • Ben Shneiderman

      Pages 179-189

   4. Virtual Spaces Revive Real World Interaction

      • Luc Julia, Jehan Bing, Adam Cheyer

      Pages 190-197

   5. An HCI Agenda for the Next Millennium: Emergent Global Intelligence

      • John C. Thomas

      Pages 198-219

7. Applications and Tools

   1. Front Matter

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Rae Earnshawand John A. Vince --_. . _----- 1 Introduction The USPresident's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)recently advised the US Senate of the strategic importance of investing in IT for the 21st century, particularlyin the areas of software,human-computer interaction, scalable information infrastructure, high-end computing and socioeconomic issues [1]. Research frontiers ofhuman-computer interaction include the desire that interac­ tion be more centered around human needs and capabilities, and that the human environment be considered in virtual environments and in other contextual infor­ mation-processing activities. The overall goal is to make users more effective in their information or communication tasks by reducing learning times, speeding performance, lowering error rates, facilitating retention and increasing subjective satisfaction. Improved designs can dramatically increase effectiveness for users, who range from novices to experts and who have diverse cultures with varying educational backgrounds. Their lives could be made more satisfying, their work safer, their learning easier and their health better.

• Augmented reality
• Digital Media
• Digital special effects.
• Usability
• User Interface Design
• human-computer interaction (HCI)
• virtual environments
• virtual reality

• Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications, University of Bradford, Bradford

  Rae A. Earnshaw

• Institut National Des Télécommunications, France

  Richard A. Guedj

• Department of Computer Science, Watson Center for Information Technology, Brown University, Providence, USA

  Andries van Dam

• School of Media Arts and Communications, Bournemouth University, Poole

  John A. Vince

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