Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Interactive & Multimedia

Covering some of the most cutting-edge research on the delivery and retrieval of interactive multimedia content, this volume of specially chosen contributions provides the most updated perspective on one of the hottest contemporary topics. The material represents extended versions of papers presented at the 11^th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services, a vital international forum on this fast-moving field.

Logically organized in discrete sections that approach the subject from its various angles, the content deals in turn with...

Get practical guidelines for making your website accessible to people with disabilities. With this handbook, you'll learn how to design or develop a site that conforms to Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act--and in the process you'll discover how to provide a better user experience for everyone.

The Accessibility Handbook introduces you to several audiences that have difficulty using today's complex websites, including people with blindness, hearing loss, physical disabilities, and cognitive disorders. Learn how to support assistive technologies, and understand which...

Learning Processing, Second Edition, is a friendly start-up guide to Processing, a free, open-source alternative to expensive software and daunting programming languages. Requiring no previous experience, this book is for the true programming beginner. It teaches the basic building blocks of programming needed to create cutting-edge graphics applications including interactive art, live video processing, and data visualization. Step-by-step examples, thorough explanations, hands-on exercises, and sample code, supports your learning curve.

A unique lab-style manual, the book...

Riding on the success of 3D cinema blockbusters and advances in stereoscopic display technology, 3D video applications have gathered momentum in recent years. 3D-TV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges surveys depth-image-based 3D-TV systems, which are expected to be put into applications in the near future. Depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) significantly enhances the 3D visual experience compared to stereoscopic systems currently in use. DIBR techniques make it possible to generate additional viewpoints using 3D warping techniques to...

Embedded multimedia systems have been widely deployed in a multitude of applications, yet their use has lead to increasing concern over the security of the resultant multimedia data.

This unique text presents a new perspective on the design of such multimedia systems. Opening with a detailed review of existing techniques for selective encryption, the book then examines algorithms that combine both encryption and compression, inspiring the reader to develop novel solutions to video encryption problems. The work also presents a selection of specific examples of the design and...

Aleksander Zgrzywa, Kazimierz Choro, and Andrzej Siemi ski (Eds.)

Multimedia and Internet Systems: Theory and Practice

During the last 20 years we have witnessed a rapid development of Multimedia and Network Information Systems. What is even more important, the pace of change does not show any sign of slowing. When we look back we see how many research projects that have originated at various universities or in research facilities are now part of our everyday life.

This monograph offers the reader a very broad review of the most recent scientific...