Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Information Spaces
Publisher: Books on Demand Gmbh
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9783837027136
First sentence: These two paragraphs were published in 1975 as part of a Business Week article in which the future of the paperless office was predicted for the very first time.
Description: While there have been dramatic increases in the use of digital technologies for information storage, processing and delivery over the last twenty years, the affordances of paper have ensured its retention as a key information medium. In this book we review a wide variety of projects and technological developments for bridging the paper-digital divide. We present our information-centric approach for a tight integration of paper and digital information that is based on a general cross-media information platform. Different innovative augmented paper applications that have been developed based on our interactive paper platform and Anoto Digital Pen and Paper technology are introduced. For example, these applications include a mobile interactive paper-based tourist information system (EdFest) and a paper-digital presentation tool (PaperPoint). Challenges and solutions for new forms of interactive paper and cross-media publishing are discussed. The book is targeted at developers and researchers in information systems, hypermedia and human computer interaction, professionals from the printing and publishing industry as well as readers with a general interest in the future of paper.
Notes: First published 2006 as a dissertation submitted to the SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ZURICH, Diss. ETH No. 16218