Borko Furht Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts

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The advances in computer entertainment, multi-player and online games, technology-enabled art, culture and performance have created a new form of entertainment and art. The success of this new field has influenced the development of the digital entertainment industry and related products/services, which has impacted every aspect of our lives.

Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts is an edited volume contributed by worldwide experts in the field of the new digital and interactive media, and their applications in entertainment and arts. This handbook covers leading edge media technologies, and the latest research applied to digital entertainment and arts. The main focus of Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts targets interactive and online games, edutainment, e-performance, personal broadcasting, innovative technologies for digital arts, digital visual and auditory media, augmented reality, moving media, and other advanced topics. The final chapters of this book present future trends and developments within this explosive field.

Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts serves as a primary reference for advanced-level students, researchers and professors studying computer science and electrical engineering. With the dramatic growth of interactive digital entertainment and art applications, this handbook is also suitable as a reference for practitioners, programmers, and engineers working in this field.

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Table of Content

DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES.- Personalized Movie Recommendation.- Cross-category Recommendation for Multimedia Content.- Semantic-Based Framework for Integration and Personalization of Television Related Media.- Personalization on a Peer-to-Peer Television System.- A Target Advertisement System Based on TV Viewer’s Profile Reasoning.- Digital Video Quality Assessment Algorithms.- Countermeasures for Time-Cheat Detection in Multiplayer Online Games.- Zoning Issues and Area of Interest Management in Massively Multiplayer Online Games.- Cross-Modal Approach for Karaoke Artifacts Correction.- Dealing Bandwidth to Mobile Clients Using Games.- Hack-proof Synchronization Protocol for Multi-player Online Games.- Collaborative Movie Annotation.- DIGITAL AUDITORY MEDIA.- Content Based Digital Music Management and Retrieval.- Incentive Mechanisms for Mobile Music Distribution.- Pattern Discovery and Change Detection of Online Music Query Streams.- Music Search and Recommendation.- Automated Music Video Generation Using Multi-level Feature-based Segmentation.- DIGITAL VISUAL MEDIA.- Real-Time Content Filtering for Live Broadcasts in TV Terminals.- Digital Theater: Dynamic Theatre Spaces.- Video Browsing on Handheld Devices.- Projector-Camera Systems in Entertainment and Art.- Believable Characters.- Computer Graphics Using Raytracing.- The 3D Human Motion Control Through Refined Video Gesture Annotation.- DIGITAL ART.- Information Technology and Art: Concepts and State of the Practice.- Augmented Reality and Mobile Art.- The Creation Process in Digital Art.- Graphical User Interface in Art.- Storytelling on the Web 2.0 as a New Means of Creating Arts.- CULTURE OF NEW MEDIA.- A Study of Interactive Narrative from User’s Perspective.- Soundscapes/Artabilitation – Evolutionof a Hybrid Human Performance Concept, Method & Apparatus Where Digital Interactive Media, The Arts, & Entertainment are Combined.- Natural Interaction in Intelligent Spaces: Designing for Architecture and Entertainment.- Mass Personalization: Social and Interactive Applications Using Sound-Track Identification.

About the author

The list of contributors includes:
Jakob Abesser, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Harry Agius, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Dewan Tanvir Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Salah Uddin Ahmed, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Marios Angelides, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Lora Aroyo, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Shumeet Baluja, Google, Mountain View, CA, USA
Pieter Bellekens, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Oliver Bimber, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany
Leslie Bishko, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Alan Bovik, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Karlheinz Brandenburg, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Pedro Sergio Branco, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Anthony Brooks, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark
Siwoo Byun, Anyang University, Anyang, Korea
Yiwei Cao, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Cristoforo Camerano, University of Catania, Italy
Petros Caravelas, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Matina Charami, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Michele Covell, Google, Mountain View, CA, USA
Christian Dittmar, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Peter Dunker, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Magy Seif El-Nasr, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Michael Fink, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jenneke Fokker, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Luigi Fortuna, University of Catania, Italy
Mattia Frasca, University of Catania, Italy
Yeung Siu Fung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, China
Marco Furini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Daniel Gartner, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Holger Grossmann, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Matthias Gruhne, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Ian Gwilt, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Masaki Hoshino, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Geert-Jan Houben, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Wolfgang Hürst, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Matthias Jarke, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Sung Ho Jin, Information and Communications University, Daejeon, Korea
Yohan Jin, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
Naoki Kamimaeda, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Munchurl Kim, Information and Communication University, Daejeon, Korea
Munjo Kim, Information and Communication University, Daejeon, Korea
Ralf Klamma, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Bumshik Lee, Information and Communication University, Daejeon, Korea
Han Kyu Lee, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea
Heekyung Lee, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea
In-Kwon Lee, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
George Lekakos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Hua-Fu Li, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Jeongyeon Lim, Information and Communication University, Daejeon, Korea
John C.S. Lui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Liu Shui, China
Rastislav Lukac, Epson Canada Ltd., Toronto, Canada
Hanna Lukashevich, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Aderito Fernandes Marcos, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
David Milam, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Anush K. Moorthy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Michael Nixon, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Stefanie Nowak, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Johan Pouwelse, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
B. Prabhakaran, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
Marcel Reinders, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Yong Man Ro, Information and Communications University, Daejeon, Korea
Graham Sellers, Advanced Micro Devices, Orlando, Florida, USA
Kalpana Seshadrinathan, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Anastas Sofokleus, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Sara Owsley Sood, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA
Flavia Sparacino, Sensing Places and MIT, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Myunghoon Suk, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
Tomohiro Tsunoda, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Athanasios Vasiliakos, University of Peloponnese, Nauplion, Greece
Arjen de Vries, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
Jun Wang , Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Huaxin Wei, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Kay Wolter, Fraunhofer Institute, Ilmenau, Germany
Linxing Xiao, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Wei Qi Yan, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
Xubo Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Jong-Chul Yoon, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Damon Daylamani Zad, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Nelson Troca Zagalo, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Veronica Zammitto, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Jie Zhou, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 769 ● ISBN 9780387890241 ● File size 19.5 MB ● Editor Borko Furht ● Publisher Springer US ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2146532 ● Copy protection Social DRM