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New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing

IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, First IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS 2008), September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy

  • The papers in this volume were peer-reviewed and carefully selected
  • Much information in this series is published in advance of journal publication
  • The contributors in this volume are world-renowned experts in their field

Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 279)

Conference series link(s): ECS: Entertainment Computing Symposium

Conference proceedings info: ECS 2008.

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Using Game Engines for Visualization in Scientific Applications

    • Karl-Ingo Friese, Marc Herrlich, Franz-Erich Wolter
    Pages 11-22
  3. An Interactive Visual Canon Platform

    • Mathias Funk, Christoph Bartneck
    Pages 23-32
  4. Networked Virtual Marionette Theater

    • Daisuke Ninomiya, Kohji Miyazaki, Ryohei Nakatsu
    Pages 49-58
  5. Entertainment Computing in the Orbit

    • Matthias Rauterberg, Mark Neerincx, Karl Tuyls, Jack van Loon
    Pages 59-70
  6. Construction and Evaluation of a Robot Dance System

    • Kuniya Shinozaki, Akitsugu Iwatani, Ryohei Nakatsu
    Pages 83-94
  7. Context-aware fun and games with Bluetooth

    • Andy Sloane, Chris Dennett
    Pages 95-104
  8. Comic Layout for Automatic Comic Generation from Game Log

    • Ruck Thawonmas, Tomonori Shuda
    Pages 105-115
  9. Computing Inspiration: i.plot

    • Naoko Tosa, Seigow Matsuoka, Ryohei Nakatsu
    Pages 117-127

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 1st IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium held in Milan, Italy on September 7-10, 2008.

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini, Marco Roccetti

  • Kwansai Gakuin University, Japan

    Ryohei Nakatsu

  • Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Matthias Rauterberg

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