Abstract
The US President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) recently advised the US Senate of the strategic importance of investing in IT for the 21st century, particularly in the areas of software, human-computer interaction, scalable information infrastructure, high-end computing and socioeconomic issues [1].
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
An NSF Workshop produced a special issue ofBehaviour & Information Technology12(2), March-April 1993.
A useful Canadian policy document that thoughtfully deals with Universal Access:http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/ua/
A SIGGRAPH agenda document that deals with graphics and user interfaces:http://www.siggraph.org/othercom/whitepaperGll.htmlandhttp://www.siggraph.org/pub-policy/
Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological ChallengesNational Research Council Report,1995:http://www.nap.edu/
An NSF Workshop on “Human Centred Systems”, 17–19 February 1997. This has many useful position papers and recommendations from four working groups:http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/nsfhcs/
More than Screen Deep-Toward Every-Citizen Interfaces to the Nation’s InfrastructureNational Research Council Report, 1997:http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/screen/index.html
Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and DefenseNational Research Council Report, 1997:http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/modeling/
The Unpredictable Certainty: White Papers, inInternetwork Infrastructure Requirements for Virtual EnvironmentsNational Academy Press, 1998, pp 110–122;http://www.nap.edu/books/0309060362/html/110.html
The following document is a recent publication outlining a basic taxonomy of approaches to VR with special consideration to their affordances to support collaborative work,both same-place and remote:http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/v32n4/contributions/buxton2.html
Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research, inVirtual Reality Comes of AgeNational Academy Press, 1999, pp. 226–249;http://www.nap.edu/books/0309062780/html/226.html
The PITAC Reporta recent and influential US Presidential Information Technology Advisory Council Report: http://www.ccic.gov/ac/report
J Preece (2000)Online Communities: Supporting Sociability and Designing UsabilityJohn Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2001 Springer-Verlag London
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Earnshaw, R., Vince, J.A. (2001). Introduction. In: Earnshaw, R.A., Guedj, R.A., Dam, A.v., Vince, J.A. (eds) Frontiers of Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0259-5_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0259-5_1
Publisher Name: Springer, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-1069-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-0259-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive