Complete Guide to Multimedia: The Essential Explanation of the Latest Technology

From the Publisher:Requiring no specialist knowledge, and using jargon-free language, Multimedia, the Complete Guide takes the reader on a compelling journey through the multimedia world. Containing over 1000 highly detailed illustrations and photographs, it provides a stunning visual guide to the best multimedia CD-ROMs currently available, from educational encyclopedias to the latest interactive movies and 3-D action games. This unique reference work also offers a fascinating insight into how the different multimedia elements are created and incorporated into a CD-ROM, covering video, graphics, text, sound, and animation. It includes authoritative descriptions of how a multimedia computer works, as well as a guide to today's powerful games consoles and the latest developments in virtual reality. And with an eye to the future, it explores the phenomenal growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web, and gives a preview of interactive television and the multimedia services we can expect in the future.