As a technology, it is called multimedia. As a revolution, it is the sum of many revolutions wrapped into one: A revolution in communication that combines the audio visual power of television, the publishing power of the printing press, and the interactive power of the computer. Multimedia is the convergence of these different professions, once thought independent of one another, coming together to form a new technological approach to the way information and ideas are shared.
What will society look like under the evolving institutions of interactive multimedia technologies? Well, if the 1980's were a time for media tycoons, the 1990's will be for the self-styled visionaries. These gurus see a dawning digital age in which the humble television will mutate into a two-way medium for a vast amount of information and entertainment. We can expect to see: movies-on-demand, video games, databases, educational programming, home shopping, telephone services, telebanking, teleconferencing, even the complex simulations of virtual reality. This souped-up television will itself be a powerful computer. This, many believe, will be the world's biggest media group, letting consumers tune into anything, anywhere, anytime.
The most extraordinary thing about the multimedia boom, is that so many moguls are spending such vast sums to develop digital technologies, for the delivering of programs and services which are still largely hypothetical.
So what is behind such grand prophecies? Primarily, two technological advances known as digitization (including digital compression), and fibre optics. .
Both are indispensable to the high-speed networks that will deliver dynamic new services to homes and offices. Digitization means translating information, either video, audio, or text, into ones and zeros, which make it easier to send, store, and manipulate. Compression squeezes this information so that more of it can be sent using a given amount of transmission capacity or bandwidth.
The amount of multimedia use for websites vary base on what kind of website they are. As an example we view 3 websites that vary the level of use in multimedia. One of the sites that use heavy multimedia is kill-bill.com. ... An example of site that features a moderate use of multimedia we choose beautybar.com. ... The use of Multimedia must depend on the type of website that is being featured. ...
In today's world, the use of multimedia is becoming more and more prevalent in society than ever. ... It takes a lot of time and effort to put together a very good multimedia piece. ... Today, there are different software applications to create multimedia rich pieces. ... The development of storyboards is a very important process in the development of multimedia. ... This is a serious issue for all multimedia developers (Riley 11). ...
1.0 Aims and Objectives The subject of this report is to analyse the impact of multimedia on the computer games industry, the primary focus will be based on how multimedia was used during the early days of the computer games market, and it's constant evolution to the games we see today. 2.0 Introduction Computer games in general have come a long way since I was a child, but they have always incorporated interactive multimedia. ... Since then, several technical innovations have changed the face of multimedia, and the following sections will highlight those changes in more detail. ...
By looking at reasons why multimedia training has become so popular and also investigating some recent trends in multimedia training, I will attempt to answer these questions. ... The first benefit to multimedia training is cost. ... With multimedia training, this is simply not true. ... George Roughan, president of Chimera Multimedia Productions, say of the multimedia programs he has developed, "With multimedia interactive training we can model or create the perfect instructional environment better than with any other method, short of one-to-one apprenticeship. ... Despite all of these be...
Are computers' new teaching methods such as Hypermedia, and multimedia making the learning process too quick by avoiding what really matters in the proper teaching method? ... In correlation with the abusive use of hypermedia and multimedia, computers ability to speed up the learning process can be more harmful than foreseen. ... If we do, the drilling reading in an age of multimedia is a waste of time" cant be far behind" (275). ... This is rather disturbing, because the ability to read is the most important part of learning, sure a computer can show you with multimedia but it ...
Electronic mail and multimedia technologies promote communication and interactions between diverse groups, with the purpose of helping the students learn more about the content they study in subject areas such as social studies, science, psychology, and even foreign language (Anderson, 1998; Baugh & Baugh, 1997; Cifuentes & Murphy, 2000; Cifuentes, Murphy, & Davis, 1998; Freedman & Liu, 1996; Roach, 1998; Sernak & Wolfe, 1998). ... Multimedia presentations and distance learning technologies are being used to establish learning exchanges between students of diverse cultural backgrounds an...
Available within the constraints of the individual companies - and the CD-ROM, also referred to as multimedia. ... "Multimedia is one of the most flexible forms of individual training (books are the other). ... Internet and Intranet The Internet and Intranet offer the same training advantages as the CD-ROM or multimedia training. ... Its major advantage over multimedia is the ease in which information could be created, revised and updated. ... Additionally, the Internet drastically reduces the cost involved with producing and distributing multimedia. ...
Available Training Tools CD-ROM or Multimedia I shall begin with a brief description of the technology currently available for training. ... "Multimedia is one of the most flexible forms of individual training (books are the other). ... Internet and Intranet The Internet and Intranet offer the same training advantages as the CD-ROM or multimedia training. ... Its major advantage over multimedia is the ease in which information could be created, revised and updated. ... Additionally, the Internet drastically reduces the cost involved with producing and distributing multimedia. ...
The fact is that violence in today's multimedia has drastically numbed people's view on real life violence. ... The most common source of violence in multimedia is found in the television. ... The final point to finding violence in multimedia lies in the world of videogames. ... Games are like any of the other types of multimedia that contain violence. ... Multimedia, in general, has changed drastically, from technology to content. ...