1. A method for providing information representative of an image in an interactive visualization system, the method comprising: selecting a current image from a stream of images; evaluating context information from a context information repository within the visualization system, wherein said evaluation further comprises: identifying prediction information given by the context information; determining a predicted image using the prediction information and an input image; and determining representative information for the current image on the basis of the context information, wherein the context information provides for dynamically self adapting a transmission rate based upon one of computational capabilities and network conditions wherein adapting the transmission rate further comprises one of adjusting compression quantization step sizes and low pass filtering error images.