jellinghaus-robert@CS.YALE.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) (04/25/89)
In article <511@orawest.UUCP> brian@ore.UUCP (Brian kahn) writes: >Can anyone comment on the immediate future of interactive video on >CD-ROMs? I know that potential exists (has been demo'd) and that >plans surface occasionally for home CD-ROM players w/ interactive >video, what about practical application? Will production of disks >and players remain prohibitive for another five years? The latest and greatest hope of interactivity and CD-ROM technology was (and is, as far as I know) Compact Disc-Interactive, a standard proposed by Phillips and Sony to merge computer, video, and CD-ROM/ CD Audio technology into a single home unit. The power of every CD-I unit will be quite adequate for a wide range of applications, and the amount of video, sound, and program information that would fit onto one CD would be very great indeed. My question: what's the scoop with CD-I? When will the first players be out? What kind of discs (games!!) are being developed? Will I be able to get one by this Christmas? (I'm saving up already...) >Brian Kahn {rutgers!sri-unix | hplabs!sri-unix | unix.sri.com}!orawest!brian Crossposted widely because I wanted to reach the people who'll know. (Sorry it's not strictly applicable to rec.arts.int-fiction as defined by Adam Engst, but oh well...) Rob Jellinghaus | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU | bad decision being made out of sheer ignor- ROBERTJ@{yalecs,yalevm}.BITNET | ance, pause, and think of hypertext." {everyone}!decvax!yale!robertj | -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_