A multimedia system for flexible cooperation

Author

Wilbur, Sylvia ; Hewitt, Betty ; Ing, Sarom

Author_Institution

Queen Mary & Westfield Coll., London Univ., UK

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1087

Abstract

A media space is currently being constructed which consists of three distinct components: audio/video equipment; groupware presenting a shared workspace; and a distributed software architecture providing layered services to support a variety of modes of cooperation in a highly-interactive work environment. The hardware configuration is described, with comments on the significance of equipment layout and performance, based on previous experience in multimedia conferencing. Initial work on a distributed software architecture is discussed, which will provide appropriate audio/video services layered to support a variety of modes of interaction

Keywords

groupware; multimedia systems; audio/video equipment; distributed software architecture; flexible cooperation; groupware; hardware configuration; highly-interactive work environment; layered services; media space; multimedia conferencing; multimedia system; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Hardware; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Software architecture; Space technology; Video equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1992. ICC '92, Conference record, SUPERCOMM/ICC '92, Discovering a New World of Communications., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0599-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1992.268147

Filename

268147