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Broadband Visual CommunicationsBroadband Internet will soon be commonplace in schools, businesses, homes and government. Broadband Internet has "large pipes" that transmit high quality audio and video, as well as text and images. NRC is researching the technologies and applications that will make broadband Internet valuable to Canadian society. Broadband research at the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) includes three inter-related themes:
The objective of the Broadband Visual Communication (BVC) Research Program is to understand and influence the impact of broadband networks, with particular focus on the visual and interactive capabilities unique to broadband. Past ProjectsThe BVC focus is on applications to learning, within schools and other knowledge organizations, with a particular emphasis on environments and applications that bring people together across distance and time. BVC projects currently support three learning communities:
NRC-IIT's Broadband Visual Communication research is carried out in close collaboration with the National Arts Centre (NAC), the Communications Research Centre (CRC), CANARIE Inc. and McGill University, as well as other Canadian and international partners. Research ContactDr. Martin Brooks Business ContactDr. George Forester |
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