Interactive MultimediaAj. Anuchin Chatchinarat

Course information

Lecturer Aj. Anuchin Chatchinarat (Aj.Ching) Tue. 14.00 – 18.00 , Room IT401 Sec I

(bachelor) Wed. 14.00 – 18.00 , Room IT401 Sec II

(bachelor) Sat. 08.00 – 12.00 , Room IT401 Sec III

(bachelor)anaking@windowslive.comfacebook.com/anuchin.chatchinarat

Course objectives

An introduction to interactive multimedia systems

Design, implementation, and evaluation of interactive multimedia

Interactive Multimedia Application implement base on Adobe Flash CS3 0r later (Actionscript 3.0)

Textbooks

Digital Multimedia (2nd Edition) by Nigel Chapman and Jenny Chapman

ActionScript 3.0 with Flash and Flex By Steve Webter,Todd Yard and Sean Mcsharry

Fundation Game Design with Flash By Rex van der Speuy

www.cartoonsmart.com

Assessments

Class (5 %) Reports(5%) Assignments(20%) Laps (30 %)

Midterm (20 %) writing Final Project (20 %)

Introduction Interactive Multimedia

Multimedia

Multimedia is a collection of various media

– text, image, sound, video and animation that come together to form a single unit

Interactive multimedia means that the user can

– interact, navigate, explore, communicate with the media

Components of multimedia

Multimedia has four essential components

– computer allows viewing, hearing, and interaction

– media are connected through links– navigation tools allow moving

between connected media links– user controls the flow of media

Why multimedia?

People remember– 20% of what they see– 30% of what they hear– 50% of what they see and hear– 80% of what they see, hear, and

do(interact)

Multimedia provides a value that the individual media alone cannot

Multimedia revolution

The key factor in multimedia revolution isDigitization– possibility of converting a medium to digital

form

Most media are/were stored and transmitted in analog form

– telephone, TV, radio, video recorder and player

Computers are digital and can’t handle analog

Multimedia revolution

Early computers could only handle text and simple graphics

The main restrictions were– processing power– CPU, computer display– storage limitations– RAM, disk space, transfer

Multimedia revolution

Multimedia revolution

Multimedia has become commonly available processing power▪ – faster computers▪ – better displays

storage▪ – cheaper RAM▪ – large hard disks▪ – CD-ROMs, DVDs, game cartridges

delivery▪ – Internet▪ – interactive TV

Interactive Multimedia System

Interactive Multimedia use Multimedia titles are being produced in

many different categories reference

– encyclopaedias, atlases, travel books education

– storybooks, language, science, creativity entertainment

– adventure, games, interactive movies and music services

– training, information, shopping

Reference

Multimedia reference titles now outsell printed books include text, images, video, sound,

animation take less space than books can be searched allow navigation to related information contain vast amount of information can be updated frequently general or single-subject encyclopaedias

Reference

Reference

Reference

Education

Education multimedia titles encourage learning through games and activities – combine education with entertainment – edutainment – some teach specific subject areas such as

science – some teach general skills such as thinking

skills – they are packed with colorful animations,

sound, and pictures – many have storybook format

Education -Preschool Activities

Education -Children’s Story

Education -Mathematics

Education -Science

Education -Language

Entertainment

Entertainment is the biggest growth area in multimedia very large companies are involved in this▪ – Sony▪ – Microsoft

game developers are given big budgets titles are becoming larger, more realistic,

more impressive, and more powerful recently more effort has been put into

interactive music and TV titles

Entertainment -3-D Games

Entertainment –web games

Entertainment -Interactive Movies

Entertainment -Interactive Music

Services

Businesses use multimedia to provide services to their staff and costumers – teach, inform, promote, or sell

Multimedia services are – more efficient – more effective – more fun – cheaper

Services

Services