What is multimedia?
Media is a way to communicate information from person to person
What does multi mean?
any more words with multi in them you know?
Multimedia
combination & integration of media
Multimedia
Many more options
Also –
A collective noun for type of type of media In computers terms it is the name of storage
Modern media is made by a small number of people
Media is shared to a large number of people
Usually relies on technology
Media with storage and transmission began more than 30,000 years ago (cave painting)
This is a 16,000 year old cave painting from Lascaux, France
The first alphabet is over 3000 years old.
This is an Egyptian alphabet from 1700 B.C.E.
The Diamond Sutra 1st dated book. Printed with wooden blocks
Printed in China868 C.E.
Modern media must go out to a lot of people.
This means mass production
The Gutenberg Press Johannes Gutenberg invented 1st printing
press.
He printed 180 copiesin Europe1455 C.E.
Newspapers - 1640 With mass printing available newspapers
could be made.
1640 in EnglandThe London Gazette in 1666 was the 1st commercial newspaper
Phonograph – home audio Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877
We can finally store and transmit audio
Photographs The idea is more than 1000 years old. George Eastman made it more available to
the public in 1888 and founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1892
The Kodak BrownieProduced in 1910
Radio - 1894 Finally wireless and paperless transmission
of information is available.The history is clouded.Many people claim to have done it first.
Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st
Movie Theatres First public movie show in New York, 1896
Now we can store And transmit video
The first full length film (12 minutes)was The Great Train Robbery made in 1903
TV– live action in home 1936 First black & white then color
Allows us to transmitMore media to more people
1st Color TV
Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor
Business Computers Not for homes. They were huge!
IBM Business Computer1964
Video players– 1971 movies in your home
Sony made first VCRPublically available oneIn 1971 – cost $1400
Video cassettes - 1976 A long battle between VHS and BetaMax
VHS wins the battle
Betamax
VHS
Walkman - 1979 Take your music with you. Revolutionary portable media
Sony Walkman
CD Players – 1982 Play better quality music in your home
This is a 1980s erahome CD player
Along come digital cameras Digital camera were invented in the 1950s Consumers could by them in 1994
Apple and Kodakboth made consumer Cameras.
This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – costs more than $1000
Consumer Computers Not yet popular but soon!!
Apple Computers in1976
The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore computers were released in this era
Personal Computers 1977 - 81
1981 IBM – PC
Price?
$4000
Personal Computers 1984 Now it has a mouse!!
1984 MacintoshHow much?$2495
Buy a hard drive for $1500
Microsoft Windows & Apple Developed GUI to make use easier
1984 Macintosh1995 Windows 3.1
From 1977 – today Computers have advanced rapidly They have come from massive machines to
small laptops with more power. Computers are used in many parts of our
daily life.
Personal Media Players - 2002
Very popular, can play more than just songs
An extension ofthe walkman anddiscman
The main media has stayed the same
Storing and transmitting information – audio and visual
ELECTRONICS DO NOT REPLACE MEDIA.
THEY ARE NOT MEDIA.
THEY ARE A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE AND SHOW MULTIMEDIA.