Toward the creation of a new medium for the multimedia era

Author

Nakatsu, Ryohei

Author_Institution

ATR Media Integration & Commun. Res. Labs., Kyoto, Japan

Volume

86

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

836

Abstract

It is expected that various new types of telecommunications services will emerge based on multimedia technologies. A concept of hypercommunication is proposed that merges human communication in cyberspace involving various people in different places, different times, and even different cultures, as well as communication with human-like agents generated by computers. Technologies necessary to realize this new telecommunications concept are described along with several research examples being done at ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

Keywords

multimedia communication; social aspects of automation; software agents; user interfaces; ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories; cyberspace; emotion recognition; force feedback; human communication; human-like agents; hypercommunication; interactive movie; multimedia; multimedia technologies; telecommunications services; virtual reality; Broadcasting; Communication industry; Games; Humans; Internet; Motion pictures; Multimedia systems; Paper technology; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.664273

Filename

664273