1. Multimedia: What next? Nicolas D. Georganas University of Ottawa- Canada

2. MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS THE FIELD REFFERING TO THE: REPRESENTATION, STORAGE / RETRIEVAL DISSEMINATION OF MACHINE-PROCESSABLE INFORMATION EXPRESSED IN MULTIPLE MEDIA, SUCH AS: TEXT VOICE GRAPHICS / 3D IMAGES ANIMATIONS AUDIO VIDEO

3. MM Research Issues User Interface Design and AI Signal Processing and Coding Database issues Operating Systems Networking Protocols Synchronization Security and authentication Collaborative applications

4. Problem now well understood: Media Synchronization Media Buffers Communication Controller Voice ServerImage Server Text & Graphics Server Camera Mic Scenario Audio/Video Transfer Time Image Text video Audio Synchronizer Display Server ….let us forget about more research on this!

5. New Media Virtual Reality Holography Haptics (Touch) eSmell eTaste eThought ……..

6. Media and sensors MEDIASENSORSACTUATORS AudioMicrophoneSpeaker Visual3D scanner 3D video camera Head-Mounted Display LCD, CRT Holography TouchMotion sensor Thermal sensor Pressure sensor Human body robotics Haptic device SmellElectronic noseSmell actuator TasteElectronic tongueTaste actuator

7. Environment Synthesis from Sensor Data Fusion

8. Future Multimedia Telecommunication System: “Sensorium” (Ray Kurtzweil) Telephone Videophone VRT phone Super VRT phone audiovisualtouchsmelltaste (From a thesis at the MM Univ., Malaysia (Prof. Riyoshi Komiya))

9. Hapto-Audio-Visual Communications (From a thesis at the Multimedia Univ., Malaysia (Prof. Riyoshi Komiya))

10. Stringent QoS Constraints: Network End-to-End-Delay Tele-haptics –50-100 msec (dependent on refresh rates) Collaborative Virtual Environments –100-200 msec. Good Predictors are needed here (“Dead Reckoning” not good enough) ….We still have a lot of problems still to solve here.

11. MM Sensor Networks Research Exciting field for MM research Wireless, small OS footprint, limited power, bring new constraints Ad Hoc Networking Source-to-sensor sink data download but with possible sensor-to-sensor messaging Redundant coverage and reliability essential New Protocols needed.

12. The future looks exciting but …scary!