Augmented Reality is a term that describes the merging of real world elements with virtual computer generated imagery. The augmentation is usually in real-time, as for example seen in sports matches on TV (yellow “first down” line in American Football).
Newer inventions using this technique are, for example, head mounted displays or modern travel guides […]
Glossary
Adobe Flash®
Written in Glossary on 1. April, 2009 2 Kommentare »
Adobe Flash is a multimedia program mostly used to create games, presentations, and other Internet components like website banner or rich Internet applications. The program is a combination of graphic design and animation software.
There are two different types of formats for flash files. The SWF (ShockWave Flash), a format used for flash movies, and […]
Greenscreen is the technical denotation for a film production in front of a green background or inside a green box. Like bluescreen (see), greenscreen recordings offer the possibility to key out the background and compose different footage material together.
Bluescreen is the older technique and mostly outrun by greenscreen today. Greenscreen presents several advantages for […]
Bluescreen technology is a term that describes the process of filming material in front of a blue background and afterwards replacing the background with a different one. Bluescreen was developed in 1930’s in Hollywood, in order to create special effects.
Technically speaking, Bluescreen filming enables the creators of film material to extract certain parts of […]
Keying is a visual effects technique, which allows to seperate a certain part of an image from its background. For example, an actor is filmed against a colored background, usually green or blue. These colors are considered to be the furthest away from the skin tone. The background then gets erased so that the […]
Chatbots
Written in Glossary on 8. April, 2008 1 Kommentar »
A chatbot is a program, which can simulate a conversation with one or several Internet users. The chatbot answers posed questions individually and independently. The communication takes place with the help of an input box, where questions can be typed in, and an output box, which displays the answers.
But how does this work?
The chatbot […]
