Beyond Multimedia Authoring On the Need for Mulsemedia Authoring Tools

• Published in: ACM computing surveys Vol. 54; no. 7; pp. 1 - 31
• Main Authors: Mattos, Douglas Paulo De, Muchaluat-Saade, Débora C., Ghinea, Gheorghita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 30.09.2022; Association for Computing Machinery
• Subjects: Application specific development environments; Applied computing; Authoring; Computer science; Development frameworks and environments; Document management and text processing; Document preparation; Document types; General and reference; Graphical user interfaces; Human computer interaction (HCI); Human-centered computing; Hypertext / hypermedia; Hypertext / hypermedia creation; Information systems; Information systems applications; Integrated and visual development environments; Interaction paradigms; Multimedia; Multimedia content creation; Multimedia information systems; Software and its engineering; Software notations and tools; Surveys and overviews; multimedia tools; Mulsemedia authoring; multimedia authoring; mulsemedia tools; mulsemedia model; sensory effects
• ISSN: 0360-0300; 1557-7341
• DOI: 10.1145/3464422

The mulsemedia (Multiple Sensorial Media (MulSeMedia)) concept has been explored to provide users with new sensations using other senses beyond sight and hearing. The demand for producing such applications has motivated various studies in the mulsemedia authoring phase. To encourage researchers to explore new solutions for enhancing the mulsemedia authoring, this survey article reviews several mulsemedia authoring tools and proposals for representing sensory effects and their characteristics. The article also outlines a set of desirable features for mulsemedia authoring tools. Additionally, a multimedia background is discussed to support the proposed study in the mulsemedia field. Open challenges and future directions regarding the mulsemedia authoring phase are also discussed.