Multimedia Technologies and Applications for the 21st Century:
Visions of World Experts presents contributions from leading
researchers and experts describing their current research and their
views of the future trends in the field. The book consists of
thirteen chapters in five parts. These chapters tackle a number of
critical issues in distributed multimedia systems and applications
- from VLSI processors that support multimedia and multimedia
servers, through multimedia databases and multimedia networks and
communications, to merging multimedia applications. Only a few
years ago multimedia seemed like a brand new research field and an
emerging new industry. Today, at the edge of the 21st century,
multimedia research is coming of age, and the multimedia industry
has significantly grown with the total market estimated to be about
$50 billion. Several years ago it was felt that the digital media
revolution had just started; however, the seeds had been sown long
before. Fundamental technologies, such as interactive laser disks,
video games, and electronic encyclopedias were invented in the
1970s and 80s. They represented the seeds for current hot'
applications, such as digital libraries, video-on-demand,
interactive television, and videoconferencing. Another aspect of
the digital media revolution is the formation of a new media
industry composed of computer, entertainment, communication, and
consumer electronics companies. Many industry segments are
currently involved in creating new products and services,
positioning themselves for the 21st century. They include
telephone, cable, and satellite TV companies, communication
equipment companies, TV and radio broadcasters, on-line Internet
service providers, cable channels, movie studios, record companies,
book publishers, CD-ROM title creators, Internet tool vendors,
multimedia software tools companies, computer companies, general
software tools companies, computer add-on vendors, semiconductor
vendors, and consumer electronics vendors. Multimedia Technologies
and Applications for the 21st Century: Visions of World Experts
should stimulate the curiosity of its readers and inspire new
technological breakthroughs in this exciting field. It serves as a
valuable reference for system designers, engineers, programmers,
and managers who are involved in multimedia systems, the Internet,
and their applications. This book can also be used as a textbook
for advanced courses on multimedia in engineering curricula.
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