Recently, multimedia researchers have added several so-called new media to the traditional multimedia components (e.g., olfaction, haptic, and gustation). Evaluating multimedia user-perceived Quality of Experience (QoE) ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) expects to link billions of devices to the Internet, which will produce massive amounts of data. Current approaches move the IoT data out of the network for processing. It results in long delays ...

As a step towards enhancing users' perceived multimedia quality levels beyond the level offered by the classic audiovisual systems, the authors present the results of an experimental study which looked at user's perception ...

This study looked at users' perception of inter-stream synchronization between audiovisual media and two olfactory streams. The ability to detect skews, and the perception and impact of skews on user quality of experience ...

Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising Future Internet architecture to support efficient content distribution. Specifically, P2P may gain benefits from NDN, as NDN inherently provides a flexible forwarding plane for ...

360° video, also known as immersive video, is the recording of video content which simultaneously captures scene information in every direction, using an omnidirectional camera. Due to their immersive nature, the popularity ...

The world is heading in the wrong direction on carbon emissions where we are not on track to limit global warming to 1.5 °C; Ireland is among the countries where overall emissions have continued to rise. The development ...

With the aim to enrich users’ perceived multimedia experience, the authors present the results of an empirical study which looked at user perception of olfaction based mulsemedia. The goal is to evaluate the influence ...

Virtual reality technology is fast becoming the accepted platform for delivering high quality immersive audio-visual experiences [1]. It has the potential to enable truly personalised experiences due to its adaptability ...

Gait analysis is the measurement, processing and systematic interpretation of biomechanical parameters that characterize human locomotion. It supports the identification of movement limitations and development of rehabilitation ...