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New regional community creation, medical and educational applications through video‐based information networks
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It will be pointed out that in the future video-based information networks will be an important multimedia communication platform for creating new regional-level virtual communities to further regional invigoration and that video IT will be able to create new virtual multimedia applications in medical and educational fields.Abstract:
Against the backdrop of recent developments in multimedia and information technology (IT), video-based information networks being constructed on a platform chiefly composed of the two core technologies of video terminals and integrated services digital network (ISDN) are gaining worldwide recognition through the deployment of videophones, videoconferencing systems and digital network ISDN technology. New forms of virtual community based on interactive, virtual communication continue to be fashioned, particularly in relation to the promotion of IT in regions of Japan. The paper will point out that in the future video-based information networks will be an important multimedia communication platform for creating new regional-level virtual communities to further regional invigoration, and also point out that video IT will be able to create new virtual multimedia applications in medical and educational fields. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.read more
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