INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA

Lesson Objective: To present a definition of a multimedia system along with examples and a rationale for its use.

Definition: Multimedia -MM

Multimedia is the integration of more than one medium of communications to communicate a message.

Mediums of communications include:

text, graphics, animation, spatial modeling, imaging, video, and sound.

Examples:

1.	2.VRML
3.	4.

Here we should include some examples of multimedia messages. Take same concept present it different ways using mm system.

Education example
Business example
Entertainment example
Why multimedia?
Examples of a "picture being more important than a 1000 words."


Definition: Multimedia system

Multimedia system is a collection of hardware/software/people/ procedures integrated in a way to communicate an idea, concept, notion, political point, etc. A message!


More example messages enmphasising the notion of system

Important MM hardware components (what is diffrent about these components when we are talking MM?)

computers
		monitor
     		keyboard
     		mouse 
     		CPU 
CD-ROM drive
Sound board 
Speakers 
network 
		telephone 
     		digital 
     		modems 

		graphics packages
		animation, etc. 
		web tools (html generators) etc. 

concepts       -- need more than one medium for MM
			-- convey more info using MM
			-- hardware / software requirements may be more
			demanding when implementing a MM system.

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