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The use of interactive multimedia has grown tremendously in the past decade with more online businesses resorting to this innovative computing technology of creative computing knowledge and skill-enabling via the launch of so many formats that this hybrid technology can be used.
Interactive multimedia has many uses since this knowledge base combines the storage and retrieval capabilities of computer database technology with advanced tools for viewing and manipulating these materials. While the term, multimedia, by itself has undergone a vast sea change in terms of the way its various applications and utility is perceived and interpreted by end users and service providers, the concept of multimedia depends largely on the mode of delivery of content and what makes it up essentially. All multimedia may not be interactive but it can positively be enhancing the visual or audio appeal of a presentation by any standards because multimedia packs in a whole lot more than just texts, graphics, still images, animation, video and audio capabilities for a presentation!
Interactive multimedia can integrate one, two or more of the above elements of a presentation and package it in an integrated manner so much so that these varied elements of advanced and creative computing technology offers users the enhanced and improved ability to browse, navigate and analyze all these various types of materials through a range of searching and indexing features. Interactive multimedia use can also be judged by the fact that its smart use and application empowers the user with a presentation format that has the capacity to annotate or personalize these materials. This is the reason why many educational institutions and websites are increasingly making smart use of varied offerings of interactive multimedia since it is reader-centric or user-friendly and can be customized to present individual enlightenment or preferential experiences. This means, smart planning and executive of the designed interactive multimedia presentation can enable the reader to control the experience of reading the material by being able to select among multiple choices, choose selected paths and sequences through the materials presented in the interactive multimedia offering and also be in a position to navigate through material in the most meaningful way for themselves.
Hypermedia is another name given to interactive multimedia and is a form of the multimedia version of hypertext, which is any type of non-sequential, electronic text, assembled as a web of interrelated chunks of text, not in sequential order and lacks organized structuring. The reader typically decides the control of the hypertext and can choose the sequence of reading by selecting a navigation mode for the same text using various electronic links.
The concept of interactive multimedia currently exists in a computer-based environment as this offers the ideal virtual space for an assortment of multimedia materials to be linked and organized in multiple ways at the same time and can be searched, sorted and navigated in many different ways by a wide variety of end-users. The main reason thus, for more people turning to interactive multimedia is because of its capacity to deliver large amounts of materials in multiple forms in an integrated environment that allows users to control the reading and viewing experience.
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