Notes on Assignment 1

Great! Some students have already submitted their work! I like enthusiasm :)

Here are a few notes and updates regarding the assignment:

• Since writing in Latex is a bit easier than designing a poster/presentation, here is an update: You have to use at least 3 tags/features/options that are not already in the template given at writeLatex.com. An the latex report has to include at least one image.

• Again ... what do we mean by an interesting multimedia project?
• Multimedia Project: a software application, device, website or research idea that rotates around a multimedia theme.
• Interesting: Involves a new or a non-conventional idea. For example, Digital Scent is not new but non-conventional, however, the latest Samsung Mobile may be new but its idea is not new at all.

• The presentation application I mentioned in class is Prezi.

If you are not sure about your project idea then please talk to me.

Have fun!

Assignment 1

Assignment 1 is ready ... check it out!

Course Material

I have just updated the Course Material page. Now it includes:

• All of the book slides.
• Lecture slides for Chapter 1.
• Previous exams.
• A link to the book's website.

The page will be updated on a weekly basis inshaAllah.

Have a nice weekend!

Non-Conventional Multimedia

Here are a few links for some interesting MM applications that we discussed in class:

Digital Scent: Transmit and receive scent-enabled digital media
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_scent_technology
http://exhalia.com/


Haptic Technology: Using the sense of touch to convey information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_technology


Google Goggles: Search for information using images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Goggles


Shazam: Search for information about music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(service)


Story Space and Hypertext Fiction:
http://www.eastgate.com/storyspace/index.html
http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/Fiction.html


Thanks for those who contributed :)

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