Paper:
Language: English:

Interactive Reality System (IRiS): Interactive 3D Video Playback in Multimedia Applications

Andreas Oikonomou^, Saad Amin^, Raouf N. G. Naguib^,
Alison Todman^, and Hassanein Al-Omishy^**

^*Biomedical Computing Research Group (BIOCORE), Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom
^**University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX, United Kingdom

Received: January 28, 2005

Accepted: August 25, 2005

Keywords: virtual reality, interactive video, breast self-examination, breast cancer, biomedical applications

Journal ref: Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.10, No.2 pp. 145-149, 2006

Abstract

We developed a novel interactive video recording and playback technique for biomedical multimedia training but also applicable to other areas of multimedia. The Interactive Reality System (IRiS) improves on video playback used in most multimedia applications by controlling not only time, as in conventional video playback, but also space. A prototype is being tested and evaluated for multimedia training in breast self-examination (BSE). We discuss the advantages of IRiS and compare it to other similar approaches, such as QuickTime and iPIX. We detail the design of IRiS, its development, refinement, final implementation, evaluation, some projected plans and its uses in other biomedical and multimedia training scenarios.

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