Virtual worlds and multimedia

Author(s)

• Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia
• Thalmann, Daniel

Bibliographic Information

Virtual worlds and multimedia

edited by Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and Daniel Thalmann

（Wiley professional computing）

Wiley, c1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text provides technical coverage of the storage, coding and compression techniques necessary for building multimedia systems. The key frameworks used to produce interactive interfaces are detailed and emphasis is placed on a wide variety of applications.

Table of Contents

• An Overview of Multimedia Systems
• Data Structures for Generalized Digital Images
• The New HDTV Systems
• Image Compression for Multimedia Systems
• Synthetic TV
• Architecture and Video
• A Framework for the Interaction with the Synthetic Worlds
• Autonomous Synthetic Actors
• Software for Geometric Computation
• Three Dimensional Copying
• Definition of Surfaces for Interactive Applications
• New Developments in Ray Tracing.

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Details

• NCID: BA20614202
• ISBN:
  • 0471939722
• LCCN: 93014588
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 216 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA76.575
  • DC20 : 006
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multimedia systems
  • LCSH : Virtual reality
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11459663