Title :
A multimedia interactive conferencing application for personal workstations
Author :
Robinson, John ; Rubinov, Eliot ; Toulson, Chris ; Prasada, Birendra ; Sabri, Shaker ; Goldberg, Naftaly ; Vonderweidt, Guy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Design Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The multimedia interactive conferencing application (MICA), a personal-workstation application for multipoint visual teleconferencing, is described. MICA allows people at two or more locations to share visual material such as documents, photographs, and computer screens in a highly interactive way. It supports the distribution, storage, retrieval, and high-quality display of visuals, real-time interaction by pointing and annotation, and meeting services facilities. The context of multimedia teleconferencing and computer-supported cooperative work is established, relating earlier research to the design of MICA. The services MICA offers are outlined. The handling, compression, and display of multiple media, and the design of a suitable user interface for MICA are discussed
Keywords :
computerised picture processing; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; microcomputer applications; multimedia systems; telecommunications computing; teleconferencing; MICA; annotation; computer screens; computer-supported cooperative work; data compression; data handling; documents; image processing; meeting services; multimedia interactive conferencing application; multimedia teleconferencing; multipoint visual teleconferencing; personal workstations; photographs; pointing; real-time interaction; user interface; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Image coding; Meeting services; Multimedia databases; Teleconferencing; User interfaces; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
