HRM 3440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Jaron Lanier, Vpl Research, Virtual Reality
23 May 2018
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HRM 3440 Chapter 9 Notes – Summary
Introduction
Designing a Multimedia Application
• Designing multimedia applications requires careful thought and a systematic approach.
• The overall approach to modifying any existing application or developing a new one is
discussed in the next chapter on systems development.
• There are, however, some additional considerations in developing a multimedia
application.
• Multimedia applications can be printed on beautiful brochures, placed into attractive
corporate reports, uploaded to the Internet, or displayed on large screens for viewing.
• Because these applications are typically more expensive than preparing documents and
files in a word-processing program, it is important to spend time designing the best
possible multimedia application.
• Designing a multimedia application requires that the end use of the document or file be
carefully considered.
• For example, some text styles and fonts are designed for Internet display.
• Because different computers and Web browsers display information differently, it is a
good idea to select styles, fonts, and presentations based on computers and browsers
that are likely to display the multimedia application.
• Because large files can take much longer to load into a Web page, smaller files are
usually preferred for Web-based multimedia applications.
Overview of Virtual Reality
• The term virtual reality was initially coined by Jaron Lanier, founder of VPL Research, in
1989.
• Originally, the term referred to immersive virtual reality in which the user becomes fully
immersed in an artificial, 3D world that is completely generated by a computer.
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