The aim of this exercise is provide a brief report
on one of the developing New Media materials, resources and techniques.
You are required to produce a HTML document and then present this
report to the class in the designated session.
2. Report
Each student will be allocated one communication
medium to investigate. These are:
· CD-ROM
· DVD-ROM
· RealPlayer and associated products
· QuickTime
· QuickTime VR
· MPEG
· MP3
· WAP
· SVG
· GML
· VRML
· GeoVRML
· IPIX
· WebCams
3. Research
Web starting points are:
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
CD, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RAM: The Family Album
http://www.emediapro.net/AprEM/parker4.html
Glossary of CD-ROM Technology
http://www.emediapro.net/cdrompro/CPtocs/glossary.html
Kintronics
http://www.kintronics.com/
Information about CD-ROMS
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lang/hotlist/cdrom/
RealPlayer and associated products
RealPlayer
http://www.real.com/
RealPlayer FAQ
http://service.real.com/help/faq/rp7/rpb7faq.html
Browser Plug-ins: RealPlayer
http://home.netscape.com/plugins/get_real.html
QuickTime
Apple QuickTime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
QuickTime
http://devworld.apple.com/quicktime/
QuickTime 5 On the Way
http://bondiboard.macpublishing.net/2000/10/10/quicktime.html
QuickTime VR
QuickTime VR Authoring
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtvr/
QuickTime VR Overview
http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentation/QuickTimeVR/QTVR.html
Virtual Vancouver
http://www.virtvan.com/
IQTVRA - The International QuickTime VR Association
http://www.iqtvra.org/
MPEG
MPEG
http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/index.html
Exploring MPEG-4
http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/11/26/1127mpeg4.html
MPEG-4 Standard
http://www.cselt.it/mpeg/standards/mpeg-4/mpeg-4.htm
WAP
WAP Forum
http://www.wapforum.org/
What is WAP?
http://www.cellular.co.za/wap.htm
Fireball WAP Guide
http://guides.fireball.de/wap/
WAP site reviews
http://www.wap.com/
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Specification
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/
Adobe SVG Zone
http://www.adobe.com/svg/main.html
SVG Implementations
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/SVG-Implementations
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG): An Executive Summary
http://www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/svg/
GML
The GML file format
http://brahms.fmi.uni-passau.de/Graphlet/GML/
Geography Markup Language 1.0
www.opengis.org/techno/specs/00-029/GML.html
Welcome in the world of GML
http://www.ionicsoft.com/gml/
GeoVRML
GeoVRML.org
http://www.geovrml.org/
A Commentary on GeoVRML: A Tool for 3D Representation of GeoReferenced
Data on the Web
http://www.siggraph.org/~rhyne/carto/3D/3D-geovrml.html
GeoVRML
http://ipw.internet.com/development/rich_media/960998154.html
iPIX
IPIX
http://www.ipix.com/aboutus/about.shtml
Virtual Jerusalem
http://www.virtual.co.il/ipix/index2.htm
iPIX launches new and improved iPIX Builder
http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/25.ipix.shtml
WebCams
Leonard’s Cam World
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/camera.html
Web cams of the World
http://www.livewebcam.com/
UM Weather Web Cams
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
Web Cams
http://www.goclaude.com/web_cams.html
5. General
Presentation /5
§ 5 minutes (with perhaps 2 minutes overrun)
§ Supported by specified presentation media
Documentation /5:
· HTML Presentation
· Written summary – 1 page
· References
Documentation due at presentation.
