MULTIMEDIA
Multimedia refers to any computer-based presentation or application that integrates two or more of the following elements: text, graphics, animation, audio, video and virtual reality. A PowerPoint presentation combining text, graphics and video clips is an example of a multimedia application. It is a noninteractive multimedia presentation in which the slides are displayed in a predefined linear fashion. Interactive multimedia applications accept input from the user by means of a keyboard, voice or mouse and perform an action in response. An interactive multimedia program allows users to select the material, define the order in which it is presented and obtain feedback on their actions.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MULTIMEDIA
Linear
- not interactive
- no navigation control
- e.g. cinema presentation
Non-Linear
- interactive
- can be controlled
- self-paced
- e.g. hypermedia
HYPERMEDIA ?
An extension to hypertext that supports linking graphics, sound, and video elements in addition to text elements. The World Wide Web is a partial hypermedia system since is supports graphical hyperlinks and links to sound and video files. New hypermedia systems under development will allow objects in computer videos to be hyperlinked.
USES OF MULTIMEDIA
Education
In Education, multimedia is used to produce computer-based training courses and reference books like encyclopaedia . A CBT lets the user go through a series of presentations, text about a particular topic, and associated illustrations in various information formats.
Engineering
Software engineers may use multimedia in Computer Simulations for anything from entertainment to training such as military or industrial training.
Industry
In the Industrial sector, multimedia is used as a way to help present information to shareholders, superiors and coworkers.
Mathematical and Scientific Research
In Mathematical and Scientific Research, multimedia is mainly used for modelling and simulation.
Medicine
In Medicine, doctors can get trained by looking at a virtual surgery or they can simulate how the human body is affected by diseases spread by viruses and bacteria and then develop techniques to prevent it.
SECOND LIFE
Second life is an example of multimedia. It is an online virtual world which was created in 2003. Users can create an account and they are called residents. These residents would then have to create their own avatar and meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade virtual property and services with one another. Second Life is intended for people aged 13 and over.
Official website : http://secondlife.com/
Feel free to visit the official website and setting up an account is totally free of charge. So why not give it a try.
Here are some of the gameplay videos of second life:
One game i used to play when i was a teenager was Star Wars Jedi Knight 2
Often abbreviated JK2 or JO, is a first- and third-person action game.
lets take a look at the game play video:
Multimedia definitely provides us with non-stop entertainment.
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