Multimedia Overview
IT 130
Web Graphics and Multimedia
Multimedia Overview
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Multimedia is defined as a computerbased, interactive experience that
incorporates text, graphics, sound,
animation, video, and virtual reality.
Multimedia Overview
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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.
Multimedia Overview
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Multimedia Computer Playback System
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Multimedia Applications
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Online college course web site that uses 3D 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
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CD-ROM based games such as Flight
Simulator
Multimedia on the Web
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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
Multimedia on the Web
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HTML – HyperText Markup Language
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Web standard
No hardware standard exists
Java programming language
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Used to product animations and database
searches
Multimedia on the Web
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Javascript
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Scripting language for web browsers
Flash/Shockwave
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Animation software
Example
Multimedia Growth
Growth in percent of U.S.
households with computers
80
60
40
20
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001*
Multimedia Growth
Growth in percent of U.S.
households using the Internet
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001*
Multimedia Growth
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Price reductions
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Technological developments in
audio/video online delivery
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Hardware, CD-ROMs
RealPlayer
Marketing
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Advanced software drove hardware and
vice versa
Multimedia Applications
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Educational
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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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Entertainment
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Game developers were the pioneers
Action or story-telling; physical or mental
CD-ROMs and Online
www.activeworlds.com
Multimedia Applications
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Business
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www.amazon.com
www.money.com
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Corporate Training
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Multimedia applications are heavily utilized in
this multibillion-dollar industry
Multimedia Overview