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Distributed Multimedia 3D Applications on the I nternet - Status and Future
Next Generation Network and ALL IP based Mobile Network
Future of Internet Applications
Tony Parisi, Media Machines, USA
Christian Bouville, France Telecom R&D, France
Athanasios Demiris, Intracom S.A., Greece
Frederic Kleinermann, VR-WISE, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Haruo Takemura, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Japan
3D computer graphics technologies have reached the level of maturity that makes it possible to use them in a diversity of real-life applications. Wide use of these technologies has been mainly enabled by three factors: signifi cant progress in hardware performance, including cheap 3D accelerators installed in almost every contemporary computer; increasing availability of 3D modeling tools and consequently also 3D contents; and development of standards such as VRML/X3D and MPEG-4, which enable platform-inde pendent representation of interactive 3D scenes. There are several domains where 3D applications are currently popular. These inc lude mainly the computer games sector but also on-line product visualization and GIS systems. However, although standa rds for building 3D applications on the Internet exist for about a decade, the availability of 3D applications is still quite low as compared to traditional 2D multimedia applications. Furthermore, most of the commercially deployed appli cations are based on proprietary standards.
The goal of this panel is to discuss the status and the future of 3D internet ap plications. The need for such applications, their applicability and benefits to different se ctors, as well as advantages and disadvantages over standard 2D multimedia will be discussed by panelists from bo th academia and industry.
The panelists will try to answer the following question s:
James Kempf, NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc., USA
Phil Roberts, Motorola, USA
Allison Mankin, Shinkuro, Inc., IETF Transport Area director, USA
Chris Sachno NTT DoCoMo, 3GPP SA1 AIPN SWG Chair, Japan
Tohru Asami KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan
Next generation network (NGN) and ALL IP based mobile network (IMS / MMD; IP Multimedia Subsystem / Multi-Media Domain) are hot topics on fixed and mobile carrier grade networks. In this panel, discussions will be made on architecture and tech nical challenges on those networks from academic / industrial / operational point of view. Future evolution of those networks will be also discussed.
The panelists representing academia, industry and opera tors will try to answer the following questions:
Shinji Shimojo, Osaka University, Japan
Joseph Urban, Arizona State University, USA
Stefan Arbanowski, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Patrick Bobbie, Southern Polytechnic State University, USA
Wojciech Cellary, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Hiroshi Esaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Within the last decade, Internet has evolved from a simple text-publishing platf orm into a powerful distributed software framework enabling development and deployment of complex interactive, multimedia, mobile applications. Currently, these applications already cover a v ery wide spectrum of application areas, ranging from mobile communication, information, and entert ainment services to complex e-commerce, e-business, and e-government applications. Nonetheless, this domain continues to develop rapidly, strongly supported by both academia and industry research.
This closing panel will summarize the outcome of the SAINT-2006 conference at th e same time trying to indicate future research, industry and development directions. The panelists wil l address the following issues: