With the advent of the World Wide Web and the release of Mosaic, the first graphical web browser in 1993, the last decade of the twentieth century has witnessed great advances in multimedia technology and application. The boom relies heavily on the radical technical breakthrough in the fields of video data compression, high-quality, real-time encoding and decoding, networks, and the Internet. Today’s industries are seeking the following applications in order to increase revenues and profits:
• Desktop videoconferences with collaboration
• Multimedia storage and mail forwarding
• Consumer edutainment, infotainment, and sociotainment
• Shopping and advertising
• Digital libraries
• Video on demand
• Educational and health applications
• Hybrid applications
Very recently, a project entitled THRO at the University of Cincinnati used case studies to simulate realworld human rights problems and present ethical decision-making opportunities to students on-line via web-based multimedia. As the new millennium approaches, the use of audio clips and video manipulation enable inexpensive and creative expression using multimedia technology in applications readily available to any users with a computer and the desire to express themselves visually. Streaming multimedia is starting to find its way into mainstream industry. Hewlett-Packard uses streaming video to broadcast live events and promotional videos of product launches. Recently, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has used streaming media technology for group collaboration on complex, three-dimensional diagrams of chemical, petroleum, and pharmaceutical semiconductor facilities. Benefits expected are reduced cycle time of projects and improved client input.
• Desktop videoconferences with collaboration
• Multimedia storage and mail forwarding
• Consumer edutainment, infotainment, and sociotainment
• Shopping and advertising
• Digital libraries
• Video on demand
• Educational and health applications
• Hybrid applications
Very recently, a project entitled THRO at the University of Cincinnati used case studies to simulate realworld human rights problems and present ethical decision-making opportunities to students on-line via web-based multimedia. As the new millennium approaches, the use of audio clips and video manipulation enable inexpensive and creative expression using multimedia technology in applications readily available to any users with a computer and the desire to express themselves visually. Streaming multimedia is starting to find its way into mainstream industry. Hewlett-Packard uses streaming video to broadcast live events and promotional videos of product launches. Recently, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has used streaming media technology for group collaboration on complex, three-dimensional diagrams of chemical, petroleum, and pharmaceutical semiconductor facilities. Benefits expected are reduced cycle time of projects and improved client input.
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