Multimedia Overview

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Multimedia Overview

• IT 130
• Web Graphics and Multimedia

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Multimedia Overview

• Multimedia is defined as a computer-based,
  interactive experience that incorporates text,
  graphics, sound, animation, video, and virtual
  reality.

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Multimedia Overview

• Fundamental feature of multimedia is
  interactivity
• Interactivity is the ability of the user to
  interact with an application
• Examples include keyboard and mouse input, mouse
  rollovers, voice activation, and touch screen.

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Multimedia Overview

• Multimedia Computer Playback System

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Multimedia Overview

• Multimedia Applications
• Online college course web site that uses 3-D
  animation to explain how earthquakes occur
• E-commerce web site that shows video clip demos
  of its products (www.jaguar.com)
• Multimedia titles are specific products
• CD-ROM based games such as Flight Simulator

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Multimedia on the Web

• Fastest-growing area for multimedia delivery is
  online
• Webcasts are events, such as rock concerts and
  baseball games, broadcast real time over the Web
• Animations are useful for attracting attention

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Multimedia on the Web

• HTML HyperText Markup Language
• Web standard
• No hardware standard exists
• Java programming language
• Used to product animations and database searches

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Multimedia on the Web

• Javascript
• Scripting language for web browsers
• Flash/Shockwave
• Animation software
• Example

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Multimedia Growth
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Multimedia Growth
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Multimedia Growth

• Price reductions
• Hardware, CD-ROMs
• Technological developments in audio/video online
  delivery
• RealPlayer
• Marketing
• Advanced software drove hardware and vice versa

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Multimedia Applications

• Educational
• Facilitate learning by using a variety of
  learning styles
• Self-paced
• Online courses rapidly growing part of higher
  education (www.kyvu.com)
• http//studios.adam.com/
• www.knowledgenet.com

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Multimedia Applications

• Entertainment
• Game developers were the pioneers
• Action or story-telling physical or mental
• CD-ROMs and Online
• www.activeworlds.com

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Multimedia Applications

• Business
• www.amazon.com
• www.money.com
• Corporate Training
• Multimedia applications are heavily utilized in
  this multibillion-dollar industry

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Multimedia Overview
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