visual communication technologies

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visual communication technologies

with growth and development of technology, visual communication technologies has improved over time, after further review I found the new achievements that has been recently introduced to world of communications.
I would like to add these technologies to the list of visual communication technologies that I mentioned previously, so I rewrite list of visual communication technologies and the results are listed as follows: technologies such as: Augmented reality, real-time spatialized audio or face and eye tracking, digital Tablet or phone, CADD or GIS, streaming video, digital signage and telepresence, tele-presence and video conferencing, video images, computer movies and electro-vido graphic, web conferencing, video chats and online collaboration tools, Skype, etc.
In the following I will describe and discuss these technologies, definitions ,their history and transformation

digital displays, tablets and smart phones

Tablet computer, Tablets

A tablet computer, or simply tablet is a type of notebook computer, a mobile computer with display, circuitry and battery in a single unit.it has an LCD screen on which the user can write using a special-purpose pen, or stylus.
Alan Curtis Kay an American computer scientist design a computer tablet In 1968. he created "the Dynabook" concept and calling it a 'children's computer.' described what is now known as a laptop computer.
One of the first tablets was GRiDPad, it was a touchscreen tablet manufactured for GRiD Systems Corporation by Samsung in 1989,It has a 640x400 backlit Monochrome touchscreen CGA display and 2MB of system memory, and often came equipped with a 20 MB 2.5" IDE disk. in 1987 "The Newton platform " the first tablet platform de...

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Video conferencing can be used in a host of different environments, from both small and large business, legal environment, personal computers and laptops, airports, education, training and distance Learning, telemedicine to even justice system and in prisons because of simplified procedure and lower risk

_ real-time spatialized audio or face and eye tracking or detection and tracking of human face,eyes and audio technology
Realtime 3D Spatial Audio
_augmented reality in education and training

_AR as a tool for medical teaching

References:
The Guardian : British national daily newspaper
Rainbows End(2006) , Author: Vernor Vinge
Going Visual: Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision-Making and Profits (2005) , Authors: Alexis Gerard, Bob Goldstein
BUILDING A VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE ENVIROMENT WITH IMAGE-BASED RENDERING (1999) , Author: Wing Ho Leung

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