Multimedia Computing: Case Studies From Mit Project Athena; [edited by] Matthew E. Hodges, Russell M. Sasnett; with members and associates of the Visual Computing Group at MIT Project Athena

Hodges, Mathew E; Sasnett, Russ

ISBN 10: 020152029X / ISBN 13: 9780201520293

Verlag: Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1993

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Wide octavo in pale blue, color-illus DJ; vi, 302 p.: ill. (some col.); 25 cm; bibliographical references and index. Chapters: A new literacy -- Multimedia in business -- New views of education -- Design for the new medium -- Ways of worldmaking -- The ChronoScope: Impressionist art, 1848-1914 -- Navigation: design for a visual learning environment -- Dans le quartier St. Gervais: an exploratory learning environment -- Man Ray -- CERN diorama -- Electronic books -- Designing for quality -- Plastic editors -- Templates for form and function -- Compound documents -- Synchronization -- Hotspots -- Dynamic graphics and controllers -- Video device control -- Broadband network computing -- PackageSpec: the AthenaMuse data specification environment -- The EventScript object system. Digital technology; Computing; Multimedia systems. Multimedia; MIT Project Athena. MIT Project Athena; Digerati; Interface Design. As New / Mint (an unread copy). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10921

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Titel: Multimedia Computing: Case Studies From Mit ...

Verlag: Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass

Erscheinungsdatum: 1993

Einband: Mint

Zustand: As New

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Multimedia computing - the combination of audio, video, text and graphics - is bringing about a fundamental change in the communication of information. This book provides a concise introduction to multimedia computing, illustrating a full spectrum of applications and the tools used to produce them. It reviews both the human and technical elements involved in multimedia technology and points to the major issues that will determine its development over the next five years. This book also presents actual examples relating how to deal with critical issues of design and production. Features *Provides an overview of multimedia, covering hot topics such as information design, systems of representation, advances in multimedia technology. *Surveys multimedia applications developed at MIT Project Athena, the world's most intensive research and development project in multimedia computing. *Examples cover a diversity of applications. *Addresses the major technical issues involved in producing multimedia systems, including timing, synchronization, and document architecture. 020152029XB04062001