Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2004: Third International Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2004, Proceedings

Authors: Matthias Rauterberg
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2004
ISBN: 9783540229476

The advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) has enabled broad use of ICT and facilitated the use of ICT in the private and personal domain. ICT-related industries are directing their business targets to home applications. Among these applications, entertainment will differentiate ICT applications in the private and personal market from the of?ce. Comprehensive research and development on ICT - plications for entertainment will be different for the promotion of ICT use in the home and other places for leisure. So far engineering research and development on enterta- ment has never been really established in the academic communities.