USES AND APPLICATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA
ENTERTAINMENT
The entertainment industry has used this technology the most to create real life like games. Several developers have used graphics, sound, animation of multimedia to create variety of games. The special technologies such as virtual reality have made these game just like experiences of real life. Our such example is flight simulator which creates a real-life imaging.
Many multimedia games are now available on computers. The children can enjoy these experiences, for example, they can drive cars of different variety, fly aircraft, play any musical instrument, play golf etc.
Many multimedia games are now available on computers. The children can enjoy these experiences, for example, they can drive cars of different variety, fly aircraft, play any musical instrument, play golf etc.
EDUTAINMENT
Edutainment is nothing but educational entertainment. Many computer games with focus on education are now available. A simple example, in this case is an educational game which plays various rhymes for little kids. In addition to playing rhymes, the child can paint the pictures, increase reduce size of various objects etc. Similarly many other edutainment packages which provide a lot of detailed information to kids are available. Microsoft has produced many such CD- based multimedia such as Sierra, Knowledge Adventure etc. which in addition to play provide some sort of learning component. The latest in this series is a package which teaches about the computer using games playing.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Multimedia is a very powerful tool for enhancing the quality of business
communications. The business communications such as employee related
communications, product promotions, customer information and reports for investors can be presented in multimedia form. All these business communications are required to be structured such that a formal level of content structure exist in the communication.
Other common business application involving multimedia requires access to database of multimedia information about a company. The multimedia technology of today can easily support this application as natural language inquiry systems do exist for making queries.
communications. The business communications such as employee related
communications, product promotions, customer information and reports for investors can be presented in multimedia form. All these business communications are required to be structured such that a formal level of content structure exist in the communication.
Other common business application involving multimedia requires access to database of multimedia information about a company. The multimedia technology of today can easily support this application as natural language inquiry systems do exist for making queries.
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
This kind of application involve transmission of a piece of information with the
maximum impact, that is, the transfer of information in such a fashion that it
facilitates the retention. This application is meant for academia and business both.
In academies, the knowledge transfer is used as the building block, whereas, in
business it is the effective transfer of information which might be essential for the survival of a business. Multimedia based teaching is gaining momentum and will become a powerful teaching aid in the near future. Multimedia is one of the best ways to provide short term training to the workers in a business house. It gives lot of flexibility in providing training.
maximum impact, that is, the transfer of information in such a fashion that it
facilitates the retention. This application is meant for academia and business both.
In academies, the knowledge transfer is used as the building block, whereas, in
business it is the effective transfer of information which might be essential for the survival of a business. Multimedia based teaching is gaining momentum and will become a powerful teaching aid in the near future. Multimedia is one of the best ways to provide short term training to the workers in a business house. It gives lot of flexibility in providing training.
PUBLIC ACCESS
Public Access is an area of application where many multimedia applications will soon be available. One such application may be the tourist information system, where a person who wants to go for a sight seeing trip may have the glimpse of places he has selected for visiting. Using Multimedia. many such applications may he developed providing a repository of information. For example, for a very simple public information, that is, the Railway Time table inquiry, a multimedia based system may not only display the trains and time but also the route map of the destination from the source you have desired.