What is Multimedia Technology?

As we know multimedia system can create, store, compress, decompress and show the multimedia contents. Several techniques can be used by multimedia systems to do so. These techniques are collectively called the multimedia technology. Multimedia technology comprises of different techniques that are used by multimedia systems.

By the use of multimedia technology different multimedia applications have been built and implemented in real life to make different jobs easier. Educational multimedia applications enable students to study at home. Different animation packages help to visualize the different phenomenon, which would otherwise be impossible in classrooms. We can visualize several complicated processes like how human heart works, how is the structure of human heart, how brain transmits signals, how volcanoes erupts and lots of other things with the help of multimedia technology. Thus, multimedia technology has enabled us to visualize and realize virtually, many things that would not be possible otherwise. Even if it was possible, it would be very costly for general people to afford it. We can even do the lab exercise without science laboratory by the use of laboratory multimedia made by simulating the laboratories.

Multimedia technology has also improved the communication systems. We can use videoconferencing tools these days by which we can held the huge world wide conference without every body meeting in a same place. In video conferencing every body taking part in the conference sit aside of their computers and put their news, views and ideas in front of other participants. The participants also can comment, accept or reject ones ideas or put any questions ahead for discussions. Through video technology every participants of the conference can also see each other in their multimedia computers. Video conferencing is in fact a tool and a technology that virtually brings many people spread all over the world together to discuss on some matters. People could interact witheach other as if the single conference hall.