Trends in Multimedia

Current big applications areas in Multimedia include:

World Wide Web

-- Hypermedia systems -- embrace nearly all multimedia technologies and application areas. Ever increasing popularity.

MBone

-- Multicast Backbone: Equivalent of conventional TV and Radio on the Internet.

Enabling Technologies

-- developing at a rapid rate to support ever increasing need for Multimedia. Carrier, Switching, Protocol, Application, Coding/Compression, Database, Processing, and System Integration Technologies at the forefront of this.