Touring Machine: A Software Platform for Distributed Multimedia Applications

The goal of the Touring Machine project is to provide a reliable and extensible software platform that supports independently-developed distributed multimedia applications. The project includes an experimental testbed composed of a network of desktop video and audio devices controlled via user workstations. Touring Machine is more than a research testbed; it is the basis of the communications tools used daily by 100 users in two Bellcore locations 50 miles apart. It supports multimedia conferencing and information services as well as point-to-point communications. This paper describes Touring Machine, its system model and its software architecture.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1992
• Where: ULPAA
• Authors: Mauricio Arango, Peter Bates, Robert Fish, Gita Gopal, Nancy D. Griffeth, Gary E. Herman, Takako M. Hickey, Will E. Leland, Carlyn Lowery, Victor Mak, John F. Patterson, Lillian Ruston, Mark Segal, Mario P. Vecchi, Abel Weinrib, Sze-Ying Wuu
• Keywords: Extensible Software Platform, Touring Machine, Touring Machine Project, ULPAA 1992, ULPAA 1994