Definitions of Basic Terms

One thing most publications on multimodal systems have in common is each author's own usage of basic terms on this topic. Therefore, we want to state in the beginning of this report what our basic model looks like, how we are going to use several terms within this document, and which levels of perception and control we are considering in .

• The basic model for human-computer interaction
• Levels of observation
• (Multi-) Modality
• Multimodal vs. multimedia vs. virtual reality system
• Communication channels
  • The Psychophysical Law
  • Uncertainty and discrimination

Esprit Project 8579/MIAMI (Schomaker et al., '95)
Thu May 18 16:00:17 MET DST 1995