At first glance, the primary benefit of multimedia is the combination of several traditional media. Text offers clarity and self-pacing. The spoken word can be even more accessible. Graphics provide visualization and communicate style. Music imparts mood and character. Video captures the moving events of the world surround us. Computers store and access vast amounts of information. Various combinations of these media and disciplines can indeed be formidable communication vehicles. The applications of multimedia in various areas include, but not limited to, art, education, entertainment, engineering, medicine, mathematics, business, and scientific research. Below are the several examples as follows:
Education and training
• Computer aided instruction
• Distance and interactive training
• Multimedia Encyclopedias
Operations
• Command and control
• Process control
• CAD/CAM
• Air traffic control
• On-line monitoring
• Multimedia security systems
Public
• Digital libraries
• Electronic museum
• Network kiosk systems (medical, legal, banking, shopping, tourist)
Home
• Video on demand
• Interactive TV
• Home shopping
• Remote home care
• Electronic album
• Personalized electronic journals
Business/Office
• Executive information systems
• Remote consulting systems
• Video conferencing
• Multimedia mail
• Multimedia documents
• Advertising
• Collaborative work
• Electronic publishing
Education is an extremely powerful application for multimedia. The value of supplementing dry textbooks with films and video has been recognized for years. Many schools in many countries today are chronically underfunded and occasionally slow to adopt new technologies, but the power of multimedia can be maximized for the long-term benefit to all. Business applications for multimedia include presentations, training, marketing, advertising, production demos, databases catalogues, and networked communications. Moreover, at our homes, most multimedia reach our families via television sets, VCD, DVD, and computers with various educational and entertaining content.
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