Entertainment Computing: Technologies and Application: 112 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 112) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402073607 ISBN 13: 9781402073601

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

With the advancement of computers and networks, new types of entertainment have emerged such as video games, entertainment robots, and network games. This volume brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in the area of entertainment computing, and covers a wide range of issues, from theoretical to hardware/software, systems, human interfaces, and applications. The text presents the most up-to-date research and developments in: computers and games; human interface technologies for game applications; home/arcade games and interactive movies; video game computer technologies; motion capture technologies; real-time computer graphic technologies; interactive movie systems; entertainment robots and physical systems; entertainment robot systems; music informatics; MDI and its extensions; and more. This volume comprises the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (IWEC 2002), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), organized in cooperation with the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), and held in Japan in May 2002.

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Synopsis

With the advancement of computers and networks, new types of entertainment have emerged such as video games, entertainment robots, and network games. This volume brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in the area of entertainment computing, and covers a wide range of issues, from theoretical to hardware/software, systems, human interfaces, and applications. "Entertainment Computing" presents the latest research and developments in: Computers and Games; Home/Arcade Games and Interactive Movies; Entertainment Robots and Physical Systems; Music Informatics; Sociology and Psychology of Entertainment; and, Virtual Reality Technologies for Entertainment. This volume comprises the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (IWEC 2002), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), organized in cooperation with the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), and held in Japan in May 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402073607
• ISBN 13: 9781402073601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 556
• Editor: Nakatsu Ryohei, Hoshino Junichi