DocumentCode
1487494
Title
Just what is multimedia, anyway?
Author
Packer, Randall
Author_Institution
California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
6
Issue
1
fYear
1999
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
13
Abstract
With all the hype circulating around multimedia and its numerous offshoots: new media, digital media, interactive media, and so on, does anyone really know what this term means? In the quest for a broad definition of multimedia, including its evolutionary origins, the author defines the essential elements of multimedia: immersion, interdisciplinarity, hypermedia, interactivity, and narrativity, revealing the important confluence between the arts, human-machine interface and information technology
Keywords
information technology; multimedia systems; user interfaces; arts; digital media; human-machine interface; hypermedia; immersion; information technology; interactive media; interactive system; interdisciplinarity; multimedia; new media; Acceleration; Art; Bridges; Collaboration; Computer displays; Electric breakdown; Explosions; Hardware; Production; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
MultiMedia, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-986X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/93.752965
Filename
752965
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