The Internet in 3D: Information, Images, and Interaction reveals exactly what is happening in the exciting, interactive world of networked computers. Subjects such as computer graphics, multimedia, virtual reality and the internet have exploded into massive individual means of study and research, with new products and subjects emerging almost daily. The internet has transformed the way we work, and as interactivity replaces passive modalities, new software tools are required to support such activities. This book explores this exciting interactive world, discussing such important developments as VRML, JAVA, HOTJAVA, DREAMSCAPE, and other virtual and multimedia information. Covers a wide range of topics associated with the communication of images over computer networks Includes information on 3-D Data sets on the web Coverage is unique and international in appeal

Internet in 3D, The: Information, Images and Interaction

Computers & Technology

Earnshaw, Rae

Computer Science

Academic Press

Numerical simulations of global warming, Mars observation data, and aircraft design are but a few of the topics where the use of human visual perception for data understanding are considered essential. Ten years agoa handful of pioneers professed the value of visualization to skeptical audiences. Today, with supercomputers and sensors producing ever-increasing amounts of data, scientific visualization is accepted throughout much of science and engineering as the fundamental tool for data analysis. Written by a world-wide panel of visualization experts, Scientific Visualization: Advances and Challenges presents astute coverage of prevailing trends, issues, and practice of scientific visualization. From algorithmic topics such as volume graphics and the modeling and visualization of large data sets, to foundations, perception, and interface technology (including virtual reality), this book provides the latest advances in the area. The book demonstrates new techniques, examines diverse application areas, and discusses current limitations and upcoming requirements. Scientific Visualization:Advances and Challenges $&gt; presents readers with a unique opportunity to examine expert thinking and current practice, and to obtain a vision of potential future directions. It will be essential reading for scientific and engineering practitioners and visualization researchers alike. Offers extremely topical and timely coverage of a rapidly evolving area Includes contributions from an international panel of visualization experts in one accessible volume Provides scientific and engineering practitioners as well as visualization researchers with an essential guide to the literature

Frontiers in Scientific Visualization: Advances and Challenges

Thalmann, Daniel

Rosenblum, L.

Encarnacao, J.

Hagen, H.

Klimenko, S.

Nielson, G.

Post, F.

Web Development & Design

A complete guide to envisioning information on your computer. Find out how you can use off-the-shelf graphics software to create sophisticated visualizations! Whether you want to provide your clients with virtual architectural walkthroughs, envision nucleotides bonding to a strand of RNA, or chart daily fluctuations in foreign currency values, this book/CD set shows you how you can create visualizations of a quality and level of complexity you never dreamed possible. You'll do it all using nothing more than your PC or workstation and off-the-shelf graphics software. No matter what field you're in, science, business, finance, or the arts, this book gives you all the information you'll need. An international team of computer visualization experts allows you to explore the incredible scope of this powerful computer graphics medium. And, with the help of over one hundred gorgeous full-color illustrations, they demonstrate some of the ways in which commercially available presentation and graphics tools can be used to envision, probe, interpret, and present information. Writing in a light, accessible style, they train you in a host of basic visualization techniques and strategies that enable you to: * Create virtual environments in which to explore scientific or technical data * Envision abstract concepts and ideas in 2 and 3 dimensions * Combine images, data, video, and animation to produce stunningly persuasive multimedia presentations The enclosed CD includes striking examples ranging from basic charting and graphing to more advanced video, animation, and volume visualization techniques, taken from the worlds of business, finance, banking, law, architecture, engineering, science, mathematics, geographical mapping, medicine, the arts, and more. ". . . a superb new book covering the entire field of visual presentations . . .Techniques covered range from relatively simple 2D to the latest in virtual reality . . .The book is an excellent source for anyone interested in knowing about visualization and making effective use of the technology." -Carl Machover, President, Machover Associates Corporation

Visualization: Using Computer Graphics to Explore Data and Present Information

Vince, John

Brown, Judith R.

Jern, Mikael

Programming

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

In recent years, computer graphics has evolved into four major disciplines: computer animation, image processing, visualization, and virtual reality. Now these technologies are converging into one seamless digital medium resulting in various tools that will transform the way we work in the next century.  Virtual Worlds on the Internet examines how the latest developments in virtual environments, computer animation, communication networks, and the Internet are being configured to create revolutionary tools and systems. Vince and Earnshaw have selected twenty papers they believe will influence computer systems of the twenty-first century.  The topics discussed in this book include: * A toolkit for the development of virtual environment applications for education and research * Behavior descriptions used in expansive virtual environments. * Different uses of VRML in information system interfaces. * An examination of research in virtual reality environment interfaces. * Five approaches to supporting changes in virtual environments. * How ATM networks can support multi-user 3D virtual environments. * The transmission of vector graphics and animations over narrow-band transmission channels. * An exploration of an implicit modeling system including an interactive editor for building models. * A description of the advantages of 3D environments for shopping applications on the Internet. * The prototype of a software tool that automatically generates 3D models of virtual supermarkets. * A "VR Workbench" that displays strategic information viewable by a user groups. * An overview of a VR display system describing its workbench technology and its applications. * How to separate the functionality of a multi-user 3D modeling system into functional tools with interface specifications.

Virtual Worlds on the Internet (Practitioners)

Games & Strategy Guides

Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

Creativity in Art, Design and Technology (Springer Series on Cultural Computing)

Liggett, Susan

Townsley, Jill

Springer

This book details how research and development in art and design can be formulated, progressed, measured, and reviewed. It explores the challenges of interdisciplinary research and highlights its importance and significance for the future of research in art and design and its relationship to science and technology. 
The author looks at how creative processes and ideas are devised and how technology and its applications are changing these processes and the way in which research is developed and advanced. The use of digital environments in art and design, and the application of new frameworks, tools, and opportunities for the expression of new ideas and design are discussed. Research and Development in Art, Design and Creativity is an essential read for anyone interested in the concept of collaboration and communication and how this applies to art and its creation.

Research and Development in Art, Design and Creativity (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)

This book presents an overview of the technical underpinnings in the field of digital media. This includes theory, imaging, big data, interaction, and the research and development that is needed in order to make digital media interfaces more natural and easy to use. Grant funding sources for R &amp; D are detailed and current priority areas are summarized. Developments in the relevant commercial areas are also reviewed. This is Professor Earnshaw’s fifth book in the series on digital media and its applications and creative uses. These books explain the significance and importance of digital media and how it has developed and advanced.They also explore the impact digital media is having on a range of domains including art and design, the creative industries, visual analytics, big data, and digital humanities.The convergence of IT, telecommunications and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is being collected, stored, accessed and distributed. Digital media is expected to play an increasing role in these processes. State of the art digital technologies are increasingly utilized in order to deliver to the user requirements and also to be effective and efficient in this delivery, given the increasing demands by users and other third parties involved in the content creation and service delivery pipeline. Research and Development in Digital Media will be invaluable for readers that want a summary of the technical research and development aspects of digital media, how such work is being funded, and the kind of changes in digital media provision that may result.

Research and Development in Digital Media (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)

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