What Is Web-Based Multimedia?

What Is Web-Based Multimedia?

•Multimedia: The integration of a variety of media, such as text, images, video, animation, and sound
•Web-based multimedia (also called rich media): Multimedia located on Web pages
•Multimedia sites often contain elements that users interact with directly
–Control the delivery of a sound or video clip, manipulate a 3D object, play a game, etc.
•Fast computers and broadband Internet connections make Web-based multimedia much more feasible than in the past
•Vast majority of Web sites today include multimedia (advertisements, TV shows, podcasts, user generated content)