Multimedia - ANSWER-Combination of media's such as texts, books, pictures, music,
sounds, CDs,
videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods, records films etc
Technical Definition of Multimedia - ANSWER-- Content that uses a combination of
different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive
content
- Describes any application or technology that can be used to do this^
Software Applications - ANSWER-??? - database programs, word processors, web
browsers and spreadsheets.
Internet - ANSWER-- Is a massive network of networks (a networking infrastructure)
- It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any
computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both
connected to the Internet
Internet Facts - ANSWER-- Fast, cheap, and accessible (reaches people all over the
world)
- Asia 389M
- Europe 313M
- North America 232M
- More users in Asia but a greater percentage of population in North America (70% vs
12%)
World Wide Web - ANSWER-- Is the primary system we use to access the Internet.
(The Web isn't the only system out there)
,- We typically access the Web through browsers, like Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox.
Earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - ANSWER-France
The first permanent photograph was taken between... - ANSWER-1820 - 1830
First motion picture was recorded between... - ANSWER-1880 - 1890
The first full length movie with synchronized dialogue was... - ANSWER-The Jazz
Singer
The Jazz Singer (facts) - ANSWER-- First feature-length motion picture with not only a
synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in
several isolated sequences
- Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the
silent film era
One of the first full-length movies to use color was... - ANSWER-Wizard of Oz
Predecessor of the internet was... - ANSWER-Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - ANSWER-Tim Berners-Lee
What was the name of the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - ANSWER-
Mosaic
Mosaic (Facts) - ANSWER-- Discontinued early web browser
- First browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a
separate window
What band was first to perform over the internet? - ANSWER-The Rolling Stones
What was the first full-length feature film that was completely computer generated? -
ANSWER-Toy Story
The application that revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999... - ANSWER-
Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? -
ANSWER-1996
1500 - 1300 BC (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Prehistoric humans paint images on
the walls of their caves (Grotte de Lascaux, France)
1914 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Silent movies incorporated multiple media be
using film and text captions together
1928 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney was the first
cartoon to use synchronized sound
1928 - 1931 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Movies with sound replace silent movies
1930s (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Technicolor is introduced in film + most movies
are filmed in color after 1940
1937 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Bell laboratories had a breakthrough in creating
dual soundtracks on film.
- Fantasia was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940
1969 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED!
Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
,- First packet switching network and predecessor to the internet
- Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the
country to share information
- 4 locations in 1969: UCLA, Standford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
Arpanet - ANSWER-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Arpanet, 1970's (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Expansion to East Coast
1977 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Apple starts to dominate PC market
1981 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-IBM PC (original personal computer) announced
and captures market share in 18 months
1991 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-World Wide Web debuts
1992 (Multimedia History)
*Two things happen - ANSWER-MS Windows 3.1 Released
- Was an evolution to Windows 3.0
- Multimedia support was now fully integrated along with the expandable Control Panel
+ true font
HTML debuts (basis for website development)
1993 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Mosaic - first graphical browser (web pages with
images)
Mosiac was created by... - ANSWER-Marc Andreesen, Erin Brina, and Tim Clark
- Transformed internet from research to household
1994 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-The Rolling Stones become the first major band
to broadcast a live performance over the internet
1995 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Disney Toy Story (first feature length computer
generated movie)
- 77 minutes long
- 4 years to make
- 800,000 machine hours to render
1996 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Affordable digital cameras widely available
1998 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Google search engine launched
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin
1999 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Napster debuts, allowing users to download and
share MP3s for free
2000's (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Integration of computer, memory storage, digital
data, camcorders, MP3 players, Ipods, speakers,
telephones HD TV and other technologies arise
2001 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Apple introduces ipod/itunes
2005 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Youtube.com launches
, Future (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Multimedia will continue to grow into over a
$100 billion industry with top three applications being...
#1 - Entertainment $15 billion
#2 - Publishing $7 billion
#3 - Education/Training $7 billion
Web 2.0 - ANSWER-Trend in web design/development
- Can refer to the second generation
of web-based communities and hosted services (social networking, wikis, blogs) which
aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users
Multimedia has two features... - ANSWER-1. Interactivity
2. Hyperlinking
Multimedia has two features...
- Interactivity - ANSWER-Interactivity
- User control over the application
- Experience is ACTIVE rather than passive like with television
Examples: clicking on links on the internet, on-line computer-based exam, driving
simulation
Multimedia has two features...
- Hyperlinking - ANSWER-Index: allows for "jumping" around sections
- HTML has features that allow you to build hyperlinks to other webpages or location on
the same page
Sequential: start at beginning and move to the end (books, movies, videos)
Computer based delivery (concept) - ANSWER-Computer-based multimedia
applications INTEGRATE the various media components and ALLOW interactivity
Modes of delivery of the applications include: video games, interactive web applications,
CD ROM disks, info kiosks
Types of Multimedia Applications - ANSWER-Education: offering instruction
Entertainment: (games: (CDs/web), (proprietary systems: X-box) (MP3 players/ipods)
Reference: interactive multimedia including sound, video, and 3-D animation to provide
information and illustrate concepts
Business: marketing apps and employee training
How should you deliver the application?
WWW vs. CD/DVD - ANSWER-CD/DVD
- viewed instantly when inserted
- cannot change material
sounds, CDs,
videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods, records films etc
Technical Definition of Multimedia - ANSWER-- Content that uses a combination of
different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive
content
- Describes any application or technology that can be used to do this^
Software Applications - ANSWER-??? - database programs, word processors, web
browsers and spreadsheets.
Internet - ANSWER-- Is a massive network of networks (a networking infrastructure)
- It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any
computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both
connected to the Internet
Internet Facts - ANSWER-- Fast, cheap, and accessible (reaches people all over the
world)
- Asia 389M
- Europe 313M
- North America 232M
- More users in Asia but a greater percentage of population in North America (70% vs
12%)
World Wide Web - ANSWER-- Is the primary system we use to access the Internet.
(The Web isn't the only system out there)
,- We typically access the Web through browsers, like Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox.
Earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - ANSWER-France
The first permanent photograph was taken between... - ANSWER-1820 - 1830
First motion picture was recorded between... - ANSWER-1880 - 1890
The first full length movie with synchronized dialogue was... - ANSWER-The Jazz
Singer
The Jazz Singer (facts) - ANSWER-- First feature-length motion picture with not only a
synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in
several isolated sequences
- Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the
silent film era
One of the first full-length movies to use color was... - ANSWER-Wizard of Oz
Predecessor of the internet was... - ANSWER-Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - ANSWER-Tim Berners-Lee
What was the name of the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - ANSWER-
Mosaic
Mosaic (Facts) - ANSWER-- Discontinued early web browser
- First browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a
separate window
What band was first to perform over the internet? - ANSWER-The Rolling Stones
What was the first full-length feature film that was completely computer generated? -
ANSWER-Toy Story
The application that revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999... - ANSWER-
Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? -
ANSWER-1996
1500 - 1300 BC (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Prehistoric humans paint images on
the walls of their caves (Grotte de Lascaux, France)
1914 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Silent movies incorporated multiple media be
using film and text captions together
1928 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney was the first
cartoon to use synchronized sound
1928 - 1931 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Movies with sound replace silent movies
1930s (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Technicolor is introduced in film + most movies
are filmed in color after 1940
1937 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Bell laboratories had a breakthrough in creating
dual soundtracks on film.
- Fantasia was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940
1969 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED!
Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
,- First packet switching network and predecessor to the internet
- Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the
country to share information
- 4 locations in 1969: UCLA, Standford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
Arpanet - ANSWER-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Arpanet, 1970's (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Expansion to East Coast
1977 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Apple starts to dominate PC market
1981 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-IBM PC (original personal computer) announced
and captures market share in 18 months
1991 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-World Wide Web debuts
1992 (Multimedia History)
*Two things happen - ANSWER-MS Windows 3.1 Released
- Was an evolution to Windows 3.0
- Multimedia support was now fully integrated along with the expandable Control Panel
+ true font
HTML debuts (basis for website development)
1993 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Mosaic - first graphical browser (web pages with
images)
Mosiac was created by... - ANSWER-Marc Andreesen, Erin Brina, and Tim Clark
- Transformed internet from research to household
1994 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-The Rolling Stones become the first major band
to broadcast a live performance over the internet
1995 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Disney Toy Story (first feature length computer
generated movie)
- 77 minutes long
- 4 years to make
- 800,000 machine hours to render
1996 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Affordable digital cameras widely available
1998 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Google search engine launched
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin
1999 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Napster debuts, allowing users to download and
share MP3s for free
2000's (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Integration of computer, memory storage, digital
data, camcorders, MP3 players, Ipods, speakers,
telephones HD TV and other technologies arise
2001 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Apple introduces ipod/itunes
2005 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Youtube.com launches
, Future (Multimedia History) - ANSWER-Multimedia will continue to grow into over a
$100 billion industry with top three applications being...
#1 - Entertainment $15 billion
#2 - Publishing $7 billion
#3 - Education/Training $7 billion
Web 2.0 - ANSWER-Trend in web design/development
- Can refer to the second generation
of web-based communities and hosted services (social networking, wikis, blogs) which
aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users
Multimedia has two features... - ANSWER-1. Interactivity
2. Hyperlinking
Multimedia has two features...
- Interactivity - ANSWER-Interactivity
- User control over the application
- Experience is ACTIVE rather than passive like with television
Examples: clicking on links on the internet, on-line computer-based exam, driving
simulation
Multimedia has two features...
- Hyperlinking - ANSWER-Index: allows for "jumping" around sections
- HTML has features that allow you to build hyperlinks to other webpages or location on
the same page
Sequential: start at beginning and move to the end (books, movies, videos)
Computer based delivery (concept) - ANSWER-Computer-based multimedia
applications INTEGRATE the various media components and ALLOW interactivity
Modes of delivery of the applications include: video games, interactive web applications,
CD ROM disks, info kiosks
Types of Multimedia Applications - ANSWER-Education: offering instruction
Entertainment: (games: (CDs/web), (proprietary systems: X-box) (MP3 players/ipods)
Reference: interactive multimedia including sound, video, and 3-D animation to provide
information and illustrate concepts
Business: marketing apps and employee training
How should you deliver the application?
WWW vs. CD/DVD - ANSWER-CD/DVD
- viewed instantly when inserted
- cannot change material
