It is very easy to use and allows one to annotate the maps. One creative use is to include a map on an invitation. Another is to store copies of maps into a personal database, along with the address. Encyclopedias are quite popular on CD-Rom. Pocaro explains that people still want to have their encyclopedias taking shelf space for the appearance or culture.
Multimedia is one of the new buzzwords of the computer industry.
Multimedia will proliferate in 1994 and even expand into virtual reality. The next phase of CD-Rom technology is virtual reality. This CD-Rom is a guided tour through National Gallery of Art, in London. There is speculation that Microsoft will release, later this year, a walk though of the Louvre, possibly using virtual reality. The vast amount of data space available on a CD-Rom enables these types of applications, and others that will stagger the imagination soon to come.