The HyperCard-type program allows students to incorporate text, pictures, movies, sound, animation, and hypermedia in projects. The CD features a multimedia library of 14 topics. Profiles video games and movies on demand, home shopping and banking, telepresence, 3-D animation and graphics, and the Internet. The social implications of these developing trends are questioned in a thoughtful and provocative manner. Topics include software and hardware systems, graphics, digital video, digital audio, CD-ROMs, and laserdiscs.
Numerous illustrations help explain concepts.
The topics include a description and explanation of the Internet, Telnet, downloading files, e-mail, security issues, and future trends. Eddings, Joshua Book provides an overview of the computer technology known as virtual reality. Topics include operation of the senses, hardware and software, history, professional applications, recreational use, and future trends. Numerous illustrations help explain concepts. Scharf, Dean Book covers a brief introduction to, and the construction of, simple World-Wide Web pages in a clear, straightforward manner.