Digital Media: The Future

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. New Media Technologies: The European Perspective

   • Eric Badiqué

   Pages 1-24

3. From “Web Site” to “Online Presence”; From “Internet” to “Information Society”

   • Peter Thomas

   Pages 25-31

4. Human—Computer Interaction with Global Information Spaces — Beyond Data Mining

   • Jim Thomas, Kris Cook, Vern Crow, Beth Hetzler, Richard May, Dennis McQuerry et al.

   Pages 32-46

5. Transparent Access to Video Over the Web: A Review of Current Approaches

   • Peter J. Macer, Peter J. Thomas

   Pages 47-60

6. Ubiquitous Communications and Media: Steps Toward a Wearable Learning Tool

   • Nick Dyer, Jerry Bowskill

   Pages 61-74

7. Grafting the User Interface onto Reality

   • David J. Johnston, Adrian F. Clark

   Pages 75-86

8. Challenges for the World-Wide Graphics Web

   • F. R. A. Hopgood, D. A. Duce

   Pages 87-102

9. Watermarking of Digital Images — Current Techniques and Future Prospects

   • Roger J. Green, Samura Ali

   Pages 103-114

10. An Evolving Vision of Sound: An Intuitive User Interface for Creative Control of Complex Musical Objects

    • P. J. Comerford, L. K. Comerford

    Pages 115-127

11. Integrating Paper and Digital Documents

    • Heather Brown, Peter Robinson

    Pages 128-143

12. “Smart” Documents with ActiveX 3D Data Visualization Components

    • Mikael Jern

    Pages 144-159

13. 3D Fashion Design and the Virtual Catwalk

    • Pascal Volino, Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

    Pages 160-174

14. Artificial Garments for Synthetic Humans in Global Retailing

    • G. K. Stylios, T. R. Wan

    Pages 175-185

15. CATS: A Multimedia Tool for Scenographic Simulation in Theatre and TV

    • F. Martínez, M. Bermell, O. Belmonte, J. Sevilla, C. Romero, R. Rodríguez

    Pages 186-202

16. Interpretation and Performance Assessment of Actors’ Representations in Virtual Rehearsals

    • I. J. Palmer, W. Tang, M. Cavazza

    Pages 203-212

17. Real-Time Virtual Humans

    • Norman I. Badler, Rama Bindiganavale, Juliet Bourne, Jan Allbeck, Jianping Shi, Martha Palmer

    Pages 213-225

18. Dialogue Design for a “Virtual Interactive Presenter”

    • Marc Cavazza

    Pages 226-238

19. Virtual Humans’ Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and Crowds

    • Daniel Thalmann, Soraia Raupp Musse, Marcelo Kallmann

    Pages 239-256

20. An Inhabited 3D Oil Platform for Immersive CSCW

    • Roland Mark Banks

    Pages 257-267

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.

• 3D graphics
• Community
• Computer
• Design
• Digital Media
• Internet
• Multimedia
• Performance
• Video
• Virtual Environments
• Web
• communication
• digital
• human-computer interaction (HCI)
• online
• media research

• School of Media, Arts and Communication, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, UK

  John A. Vince

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

  Rae Earnshaw

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