Objective The objective of the HOMESTEAD project is to develop a CD-I based home shopping facility.Current retail and point-of-sale information systems suffer from lack of interoperability, multiple standards and difficulties of use. Consumer suppliers recognise the potential of multimedia disc-based technologies but are unwilling to invest in them because of the lack of standards and the associated potential risks. HOMESTEAD will test three pilot applications in actual and simulated home environments. These will cover the areas of interior design, travel and holidays, and a composite involving fashion, DIY, and financial services. CD-I equipment will be placed in a selection of homes and their sales generation abilities carefully assessed. These homes and the application areas have been chosen to represent different consumer requirements (such as "browse" or "select") and to test simple selection systems based on easy-to-operate interaction devices connected to domestic television receivers and the CD-I discs in the equipment supplied. HOMESTEAD plans to produce standard methods of information loading, data storage, searching and retrieval, and to design a low cost, simple user interface for home users. HOMESTEAD is expected to demonstrate the practicalities involved in introducing multimedia technologies into the home environment. Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Philips Electronics UK Ltd Address 1-19 torrington place WC1E 7HD London United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Barclays Bank plc United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Freemans United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 139 clapham road SW9 0HR London See on map LITTLE BIG ONE Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue arianelaan, 12 1200 Bruxelles See on map PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address P.o. box 8002, building sff, 8002 5600 JB Eindhoven See on map Page and Moy United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 136-140 london road LE2 1EN Leicester See on map
