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Virtual Reality Technologies for Future Telecommunications Systems
Contributor(s): Pakštas, Algirdas (Editor), Komiya, Ryoichi (Editor)
ISBN: 0470848863     ISBN-13: 9780470848869
Publisher: Wiley
OUR PRICE:   $142.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2002
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Annotation: In a face-to-face conversation, only 10 0f the message is conveyed by words, the remaining 90 0s carried via vocal pitch, emphasis, facial expressions, body language, and other related factors.

The challenge for future telecommunication systems will be to bridge the shortcomings of our current voice-orientated systems. Video conferencing and live chats are replacing our traditional forms of communication. Worldwide telecommunications networks are being redesigned to provide new multimedia services.

The goal of this book is to bring together end users, service providers and researchers from academia as well as the communications industry to share state-of-the-art information on projects, products, services, and processes for future virtual reality (VR) telecommunications systems.

"Virtual Reality Technologies for Future Telecommunications Systems" features:

  • today' s telecommunications systems and services - problems and limitations

  • a guide to employing VR in telecommunications networks

  • cutting edge research & rare insights into experimental VR telecommunications systems and services

  • aspects and challenges of the emerging technologies (user interface design, user behaviour, computational complexity, high-speed Internet)

  • accompanying CD with software demos and video footage
Researchers, network planners or engineers and visualisation engineers will find this edited volume useful and inspiring. The goal of the future is nothing less than electronic communication involving all five human senses!
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications
- Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics
Dewey: 621.382
LCCN: 2002072564
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.58" W x 10.1" (1.33 lbs) 230 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Virtual Reality Telecommunication Systems (VRTS) will transmit human verbal and nonverbal communication messages, therefore human to network interface considerations are essential. The VRTS will attempt to capture the entire human body by a set of sensors at the transmitting end and will convey these feelings to the human body at the receiving end with actuators.

This book provides a broad overview of the current research in the area of creating future VRTS as well as presenting developments in closely-related areas. While many excellent articles have been written on specific applications of Virtual Reality in general, there is little at present that covers the scope of the entire telecommunications network. This book describes the role that VRTS will play in the telecommunications networks of the future. It offers not only a high-level overview of undergoing research, but also a detailed analysis of prototype implementations.


* The first comprehensive book that covers the full scope of VRTS in the context of telecommunications and offers a guide to employing Virtual Reality in telecommunications networks
* Offers an in-depth discussion of this hot topic
* Considers the emergence of both new network architectures and the trend toward convergence between the public switched telephone network and the Internet
* Features the shared knowledege and latest findings of top researchers from companies/universities such as NTT Cyber Space Labs (Japan), Lucent Technologies (USA) and QMW (GB)
Essential reading for experienced researchers and network planners, engineers and visualisation engineers, as well as advanced undergraduate/graduate students studying electronic engineering, communications technology and computer science.