The space and sound of intelligent information environments

ABSTRACT

This paper reports on the development of a unique software prototype that combines digital information spaces with sound and intelligent agent support. This prototype is innovative in its use of digital space as a mechanism for arranging image based information for presentation scenarios. Working with a spatial approach to digital environments, this research presents the prototype, and examines the enhancement of digital space in two principal areas: spatial sound and intelligent agent support.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
adaptive hypermedia, architecture, intelligent agents, spatial sound