Interactivity, reactivity and programmability: advanced MPEG-4 multimedia applications

This paper presents recent developments on the creation of advanced iDTV applications with MPEG-4 technologies. Elaborated within the framework of the European ITEA Jules Verne project the proposed Encyclopedia application exploits sophisticated multimedia representations enriched with dynamic behaviors, enabled by the programmatic functionality supported by the MPEG-4 standard. A comprehensive integration of the 3D graphics and audio-visual MPEG technologies together with the Java programming is achieved