Landscaping Future Interaction: Special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

Abstract

Because multimedia is becoming ubiquitous, we will soon be able to count on access to any multimedia content, from anywhere in the world. This special issue of addresses the most recent developments in this area and looks at the current technologies enabling mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. In particular, this special issue presents articles that discuss novel and future-oriented research that focuses on the architectures, protocols, and algorithms developed to cope with mobility. The articles presented in this special issue cover not only novel application domains, but also a wide variety of methods, including case studies, field trials, and evaluations of new applications and services; research in novel mobile user interfaces; and research in design and use of intelligent, aware, proactive, and attentive environments.