Log on Education: Science in the Palms of Their Hands
Elliot Soloway, Wayne Grant, Robert Tinger, Jeremy Roschelle, Mike Mills, Mitchell Resnick, Robbie Berg, Mike Eisenberg
Pages 21-26
Sampling, Synthesis, and Input Devices
Now input technology allows high-fidelity sampling of the physical world, dramatically changing the method and user interface for creating computer graphic imagery.
George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrisnan, Gordon Kurtenbach
Pages 54-63
Animation Control For Real-Time Virtual Humans
Want to make virtual humans more human? Let their flesh-and-blood counterparts animate their actions and intentions through natural-language instructions.
Norman I. Badler, Martha S. Palmer, Rama Bindiganavale
Pages 64-73
Visually Exploring Gigabyte Data Sets in Real Time
How to get past the numbers and the code in large 3d data sets to produce visualizations that are in turn responsive to user curiosity.
Steve Bryson, David Kenwright, Michael Cox, David Ellsworth, Robert Haimes
Pages 82-90
Realizing 3D Visualization U-sing Crossed-Beam Volumetric Displays
The ability to look into an electronic display from any direction, walk around it, and see real 3D information being displayed is a dream-come-true technology for those who work with volumetric data sets.
David Ebert, Edward Bedwell, Stephen Maher, Laura Smoliar, Elizabeth Downing
Pages 100-107
CEO and CIO Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence
Nothing is more likely to undermine IT strategic planning than poor knowledge of competitors' computing practices.
Richard G. Vedder, Michael T. Vanecek, C. Stephen Guynes, James J. Cappel
Pages 108-116
Growing Systems in Emergent Organizations
As the new economic realities pressure your organization to change from stable to emergent, new practices for IT support are required.
Duane P. Truex, Richard Baskerville, Heinz Klein
Pages 117-123