Many new technologies are being developed today by RIMS researchers. Some of these could have a significant impact on multimedia in the near future. This Showtime will provide a sampler of some of these technologies. Rather than trying to cover all areas in a general way, we will present four vignettes that will give a flavour of some of the research being done. We hope to elicit many questions from the audience that could lead to joint research projects.
Many psychological therapies are essentially a process of rehearsal and training.
These therapies require patients to imagine or directly experience real world situations in a controlled manner. As they do this, therapists instruct them in the use of coping strategies that help them gain control of their problematic reactions to these situations. VR has been used experimentally for phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, brain damage, Parkinson's disease, autism and in many other therapies. The interoperability, scalability and the limited mobile resources are major concerns of this research. Pencil Simulation by John Buchanan Sketches of images are usefull in a variety of applications.