In this talk, David Salesin claims that the real market for PCs lies in their vast potential as a
communications medium. Already, millions of PowerPoint presentations are made each day,
hundreds of thousands of documents are archived on line, and literally billions of web pages
are searched. Yet, so far, computers are used largely just to emulate the appearance of existing,
physical media, such as slide transparencies or 8-1/2" x 11" sheets of paper. Drawing upon
examples that range from computer-generated illustration and virtual cinematography to adaptive
document layout and animated presentations, David discusses some of the research challenges
he sees in harnessing the power of the computer to create more powerful communications media
than exist today.


Bio:
For a complete Bio and more on David Salesin please visit his web site:
http://salesin.cs.washington.edu/

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