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Multimedia and Interactivity

Multimedia combines various types of media like text, graphics, video and sound delivered electronically. It appeals to users for entertainment, learning and research. Multimedia uses more than one type of media like text, images, video, audio and animation to deliver content and interactivity. Computer hardware for multimedia requires more powerful components like larger hard disks and RAM as well as video cards to efficiently process and display different media types like animations and videos.

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Multimedia and Interactivity

Multimedia combines various types of media like text, graphics, video and sound delivered electronically. It appeals to users for entertainment, learning and research. Multimedia uses more than one type of media like text, images, video, audio and animation to deliver content and interactivity. Computer hardware for multimedia requires more powerful components like larger hard disks and RAM as well as video cards to efficiently process and display different media types like animations and videos.

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MULTIMEDIA AND

INTERACTIVITY
Multimedia and Interactivity
• Multimedia is a combination of text, animated graphics,
video and sound delivered to you via electronic means.
It is what appeals to user for entertainment, learning
and research.
• Multimedia applications can include various types of
media used together (For example, text, images, video,
audio, animation, etc.).
• Primary characteristic is the use of more than one kind
of media to deliver content and functionality.
Types of Rich and
Multimedia Content
Types of Rich and Multimedia Content

1. Text – contents express specific information.


2. Images – make the content more visually
appealing
3.Video – adds more attraction to users.
4.Audio – aids interaction with the user.
5. Animation – can include interactive effects which allow users
to interact with the use of mouse and keyboard.
6. Online Games – are universal on modern gaming platforms,
including PCs, consoles, and mobile devices.
7. Online Test and Courseware – are designed for the teachers
and students.
8. Web-, game-, pod-, and vod-casting – a podcast is an episodic
series of digital media files which users can set up to that new
episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to
the user’s own local computer or portable media player.
Digital Multimedia
Is the field concerned with the computer-
controlled integration of text, graphics, still
and moving images, animation, sound and any
other medium where every type of info can be
presented, stored, transmitted, and processed
digitally.
Computer Hardware for Animation and
Multimedia
Computer hardware to be used handling
animation and multimedia may require more
powerful components. Both of these applications
need a lot of memory to process which means that
the computer hard disk and RAM should be bigger
than computers that are just used for the internet
and word processing. A video card installed in the
computer may also help when handling videos and
animations

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