July 1989 - Vol. 32 No. 7
Features
Virtual video editing in interactive multimedia applications
Drawing examples from four interrelated sets of multimedia tools and applications under development at MIT, the authors examine the role of digitized video in the areas…
DVI—a digital multimedia technology
A digital presentation technology that manages anything from text to full-motion video has the potential of expanding the usefulness of personal computers, while…
Life before the chips: simulating digital video interactive technology
Advances in computers, such as DVI technology, are driven by new hardware functionality—more magic in the silicon. But before the chips came the ideas, and years of…
Intelligent interactive video simulation of a code inspection
The need for technological solutions to learning, in the software engineering field is increasing. The Advanced Learning Technologies Project (ALT) has developed a highly…
DVI parallel image compression
At the heart of DVI is an image compression and expansion technology that uses proprietary chips to expand an image in real time from a bit stream that has been…
Coding image sequences for interactive retrieval
An image coding technique for digital storage of motion picture information is presented that is optimated for use in interactive systems where high quality still frames,…
Efficient placement of audio data on optical disks for real-time applications
Optical disks are among the most promising secondary storage devices for data-intensive applications and database management systems. A means of optimizing the storage…
The next generation of interactive technologies
From home entertainment to cultural exhibits to educational methodologies to personal computing, interactive technologies could change observers in to participants.