In this paper, we propose a real-image-based virtual studio system where a virtual environment is generated by an image-based rendering technique and then a studio scene is put in the environment based on a 3D compositing technique. The system is implemented and the validity of the system is connrmed through experiments.

We present a novel method to relight video sequences given known surface shape and illumination. The method preserves fine visual details. It requires single view video frames, approximate 3D shape and standard studio illumination only, making it applicable in studio production. The technique is demonstrated for relighting video sequences of faces.

In the paper a form-driven approach to the application development is presented. Our development environment IIS*Studio suports presented form-driven approach. It is aimed to provide the information system design and generating executable application prototypes. A form type is central IIS*Studio concept, used to model the structure and constraints of various business documents. On the one hand,...

The main aim of this paper is to discuss how the combination of Web 2.0, social media and geographic technologies can provide opportunities for learning and new forms of participation in an urban design studio. This discussion is mainly based on our recent findings from two experimental urban design studio setups as well as former research and literature studies. In brief, the web platform enab...

One barrier to the uptake of Geocomputation is that, unlike GIS, it has no system or toolbox that provides easy access to useful functionality. This paper describes an experimental environment, GeoVISTA Studio, that attempts to address this shortcoming. Studio is a Java-based, visual programming environment that allows for the rapid, programming free development of complex data exploration and ...

The mission of the Studio Music and Jazz Instrumental Degree Programs is to: (1) prepare jazz instrumentalists to enter the music profession or further jazz studies; (2) identify, recruit, and retain high quality students who seek to pursue studio/jazz performance as a career; (3) foster faculty creativity and performance which serves as a role model for students; (4) develop, and revise course...

ActivePrompts are a new technology from Rhetorical, designed to offer a quicker and cheaper alternative to using voice talents and recording studios for the creation of an application-specific prompt library. Most speech user interfaces optimize the quality of their speech output by using pre-recorded prompts. In these applications, TTS is often considered to be a fall-back technology to genera...

The Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast was established in February 2001. This paper outlines the major developments at the Centre since its purpose built facilities were formally opened in April 2004; it describes the flagship resource of the Centre – the world’s first Sonic Laboratory; it discusses some of the research projects currently in progress and recent composition...

Studio-based teaching is well-established in creative disciplines such as architecture and the arts, but it has been rarely used in the teaching of IT at a tertiary level. The wider use of the studio model for teaching, originally proposed by Schon (1983), has been discussed extensively in the literature, and elements of it can be identified in teaching innovations such as problem-based learnin...

2. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Nov 16:jc20162555. [Epub ahead of print] Germline polymorphisms of the VEGF-pathway predict recurrence in non-advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. Marotta V(1), Sciammarella C(1), Capasso M(2), Testori A(2), Pivonello C(3), Chiofalo MG(4), Gambardella C(5), Grasso M(6), Antonino A(7), Annunziata A(8), Macchia PE(3), Pivonello R(3), Santini L(5), Botti G(8), L...