Distant displays such as interactive Public Displays (IPD) or Interactive Television (ITV) require new interaction techniques as traditional input devices may be limited or missing in these contexts. Free hand interaction, as sensed with computer vision techniques, presents a promising interaction technique. This paper presents the adaptation of three menu techniques for free hand interaction: ...

Recently, coaxial cable networks have received much attention in the context of interactive application [1,2]. In countries with a high penetration of CATV (e.g. Belgium >90%), the cable network forms a viable alternative to classical telephone networks. Envisaged applications are telephony, interactive television, home-shopping, video-ondemand, high-speed Web browsing, etc. The interactive nat...

Interactive television is a technology for delivering television programming on demand to households and busines ses . Rath er t han pa ss ive l y cho os ing f rom a predetermined set of programs at scheduled times, the viewer can request programming to be delivered to him individually on demand. This paper describes a system being developed by IBM that is in active use at customer trials. The ...