Title :
Immersive Environment: An Emerging Future of Telecommunications
Author :
Abbasi, Ameer ; Baroudi, Uthman
Author_Institution :
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
This article surveys immersive communication environments and focuses on high-level issues and applications. The authors classify the immersive computing environments into three major categories: entertainment, business and society, and simulated learning and education.
Keywords :
Distance learning; Entertainment; Games; Multimedia communication; Streaming media; Three dimensional displays; Virtual environments; Wireless sensor networks; distance learning; entertainment; immersive environments; multimedia; multimedia applications; simulated learning; telecommunications; virtual reality;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMUL.2012.7