scholarly journals Musings on the Importance of Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Improve Access to Soundtracks

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Meddeb ◽  
Louis Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Recorded Music ◽  
Media Types ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Share Information ◽  
Improve Access

In the last century, information creation has exploded; more books, newspapers, magazines than ever before; radio shows, recorded music, movies, TV shows, continuous live news, user generated web content, 3D, virtual reality, games, hybrid media types mixing genres and recycling older data, and the list goes on and on. With the digital revolution, this phenomenon of information creation, mixing, recycling, and sharing is ever expanding. Because of the power of the Internet, it has never been so easy to create, save, and share information that will seemingly last forever.

From zones to Zoom: Shakespeare on screen in the digital era

2021 ◽  
pp. 018476782110083
Author(s):  
Sarah Hatchuel ◽  
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Production And Distribution

This introduction explores the consequences of the digital revolution on the production, distribution, dissemination, and study of Shakespeare on screen. Since the end of the 20th century, the rise (and fall) of the DVD, the digitalisation of sounds and images allowing us to experience and store films on our computers, the spreading of easy filming/editing tools, the live broadcasts of theatre performances in cinemas or on the Internet, the development of online archives and social media, as well as the globalisation of production and distribution have definitely changed the ways Shakespeare on screen is (re)created, consumed, shared, and examined.

Musical Informance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Headlam
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Leonard Bernstein ◽  
Recorded Music ◽  
Analytical Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
Presentation Formats ◽  
And Performance

The information age has pushed music performance into the era of music informance, in which information and performance are combined in an integrated way. The types of presentation formats and analytical information found in public music theory are ideal for music informance, and present-day explorations of informance on the Internet have a history of noted musical informants including Leonard Bernstein and Glenn Gould. In order to continue to be relevant and to thrive in our connected world, live and recorded music scenarios need to develop ever more innovative ways to enhance music performance with information effectively presented in music informance.

A Normative Framework for Sharing Information Online

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Sullivan ◽  
Mark Alfano
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Normative Framework ◽  
Current State ◽  
Shared Information ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Share Information

People have always shared information through chains and networks of testimony. It is arguably part of what makes us human and enables us to live in cooperative communities with populations greater than 150 or so. The invention of the internet and the rise of social media have turbocharged our ability to share information. This chapter develops a normative epistemic framework for sharing information online. This framework takes into account both ethical and epistemic considerations that are intertwined in typical cases of online testimony. The authors argue that, while the current state of affairs is not entirely novel, recent technological developments call for a rethinking of the norms of testimony, as well as the articulation of a set of virtuous dispositions that people would do well to cultivate in their capacity as conduits (not just sources or receivers) of information.

Messiah with the Microphone? Oral Historians, Technology, and Sound Archives

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Perks
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Technological Skills ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

For decades, oral historians and their tape recorders have been inseparable, but it has also been an uneasy marriage of convenience. The recorder is both our “tool of trade” and also that part of the interview with which historians are least comfortable. Oral historians' relationship with archivists has been an uneasy one. From the very beginnings of the modern oral history movement in the 1940s, archivists have played an important role. The arrival of “artifact-free” digital audio recorders and mass access via the Internet has transformed the relationship between the historian and the source. Accomplished twenty-first-century oral history practitioners are now expected to acquire advanced technological skills to capture, preserve, analyze, edit, and present their data to ever larger audiences. The development of oral history in many parts of the world was influenced by the involvement of sound archivists and librarians. Digital revolution in the present century continues to influence oral history.

Implementation of Virtual Reality in Routine Bridge Inspection

2003 ◽  
Vol 1827 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
David V. Jáuregui ◽  
Kenneth R. White
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Bridge Management ◽  
Bridge Inspection ◽  
Image Creation ◽  
Bridge Inspections ◽  
Recorded Data ◽  
Media Types ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
Selection Of

The innovative use of QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) and panoramic image–creation utilities for recording field observations and measurements during routine bridge inspections is reported. A virtual reality approach provides the ability to document a bridge’s physical condition by using different media types at a significantly higher level of detail than is possible in a written bridge inspection report. Digitally recorded data can be stored on compact disc for easy access before, during, or after an inspection. The development of a QTVR bridge record consists of four major steps: selection of the camera stations, acquisition of the digital images, creation of cylindrical or cubic panoramas, and rendering of the QTVR file. Specific details related to these steps are provided, as applied to various bridge inspection projects. The potential impact of QTVR on bridge management—in which routine inspection data are a factor in making decisions regarding the future maintenance, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge—is discussed.

scholarly journals Haptics-Augmented High School Physics Tutorials

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Williams II ◽  
Meng-Yun Chen ◽  
Jeffrey M. Seaton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Haptic Interfaces ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
High School Physics ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Learning Software

This article describes a unique project using commercial haptic interfaces to augment the teaching of high school physics. Since force is central to the teaching of physics, we believe that the use of haptics in virtual reality physics simulations has the potential for deeper, more engaging learning. Software has been developed which is freely-available on the internet, and HTML tutorials have been developed to support these haptics-augmented software activities in the teaching and learning of high school physics. Pilot study results are reported, which yielded positive feedback and suggestions for project improvement from high school physics students and teachers.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL MUSEUM INCLUDING A 4D PRESENTATION OF BUILDING HISTORY IN VIRTUAL REALITY

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W3 ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Kersten ◽  
F. Tschirschwitz ◽  
S. Deggim
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Virtual Museum ◽  
Virtual Reality System ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The City

In the last two decades the definition of the term “virtual museum” changed due to rapid technological developments. Using today’s available 3D technologies a virtual museum is no longer just a presentation of collections on the Internet or a virtual tour of an exhibition using panoramic photography. On one hand, a virtual museum should enhance a museum visitor's experience by providing access to additional materials for review and knowledge deepening either before or after the real visit. On the other hand, a virtual museum should also be used as teaching material in the context of museum education. The laboratory for Photogrammetry & Laser Scanning of the HafenCity University Hamburg has developed a virtual museum (VM) of the museum “Alt-Segeberger Bürgerhaus”, a historic town house. The VM offers two options for visitors wishing to explore the museum without travelling to the city of Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Option a, an interactive computer-based, tour for visitors to explore the exhibition and to collect information of interest or option b, to immerse into virtual reality in 3D with the HTC Vive Virtual Reality System.

scholarly journals Roma People in Virtual Reality

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4(61)) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Public Space ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Roma People ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Stereotypical perceptions of Roma people as those who like to walk along forest paths to camps, or stories about Gypsy fairies with crystal balls have nothing in common with such trendy and contemporary terms as new technologies. How can one imagine a stereotypical Roma who loves horses and campfires surfing the Internet? How do we discuss changes in men-women relations in the context of a patriarchal community in which women have no right to express their opinions and are literally captive? Undoubtedly, a lack of knowledge about Roma people, and with often the only alternative in the form of stereotypical information excludes them from the discussion on cultural changes related to technological development. At the same time media, including the Internet, are important not only in the context of activism of Roma leaders and organizations, but also with reference to people who want to fight against the negative image of Roma people in public space, regardless of membership or lack of membership in Roma organizations.

scholarly journals Touching at a Distance: Digital Intimacies, Haptic Platforms, and the Ethics of Consent

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelaine Ley ◽  
Nathan Rambukkana
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Cloud Storage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ethics Of Technology ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Haptic Communication ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Sense Of Touch

AbstractThe last decade has seen rise in technologies that allow humans to send and receive intimate touch across long distances. Drawing together platform studies, digital intimacy studies, phenomenology of touch, and ethics of technology, we argue that these new haptic communication devices require specific ethical consideration of consent. The paper describes several technologies, including Kiiroo teledildonics, the Kissenger, the Apple Watch, and Hey Bracelet, highlighting how the sense of touch is used in marketing to evoke a feeling of connection within the digital sphere. We then discuss the ambiguity of skin-to-skin touch and how it is further complicated in digital touch by remediation through platforms, companies, developers, manufacturers, cloud storage sites, the collection and use of data, research, satellites, and the internet. Lastly, we raise concerns about how consent of data collection and physical consent between users will be determined, draw on examples in virtual reality and sex-robotics, and ultimately arguing for further interdisciplinary research into this area.

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