Convergence, software agents and information ecosystems --;Interface issues for wearable and mobile computer users --;Visual data navigators 'Collaboratories' true interactive visualisation for the web --;The future of convergent computer and telecommunications technology --;Towards autonomous characters for interactive media --;Towards an XML and agent-based framework for the distributed management and analysis of multi-spectral data --;Learning by experience --;The development of an intelligent virtual environment for training --;An experimental study of the effect of presence in collaborative virtual environments --;Formative research on the refinement of web-based instructional design and development guidance systems for teaching music fundamentals at the pre-college level --;Unnatural history?- Deconstructing the Walking with Dinosaurs phenomena --;Trashing the net: subculture practice online --;Another time, another place: the use of technology to make the cultural heritage of the organ accessible --;Synthetic vision for road traffic simulation in virtual environments --;Eternity.
In order to simplify the "human-to-computer" interface, systems are needed that mimic the "human-to-human" interface. The central theme of this book is the role of intelligent software agents and similar programming strategies that can be used to simplify the human-to-computer interface.