COM 125: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET

For COM 125's final week, I did a "show & tell" session on a topic that I recently discovered — mixed reality. The presentation was a short introduction to the topic, so I'm going to be presenting a further in depth glimpse into what mixed reality has to offer. I have always been interested in technological advances that looked straight out of a Sci-Fi movie. With mixed reality, we now seem to be one step closer to bringing worlds like that of Blade Runner to life. The term "mixed reality" can be used as an independent concept or to classify the spectrum of reality technologies (known as the  reality–virtuality continuum ). What we'll be focusing on for this post however, is that independent concept. Mixed reality is the result of blending the physical world with the digital world, to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time. It takes place not only in the physical ...

In today’s world, media has become as essential as our daily needs. The word was first used in respect of books and newspapers i.e. print media and with the advent of technology, media now encompasses television, movies, radio and internet. The internet has undoubtedly been the largest driving force in media development and advancement, giving rise to concepts like multimedia and hypermedia, which can be found readily around us — be it the devices we carry with us or digital billboards on the side of buildings. But what exactly do both of those terms mean? Multimedia refers to digital content that can be represented in various forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive content. Multimedia can be recorded and played, displayed, interacted with or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices.  Hypermedia is one application of multimedia. It is a computer-based information retrieval ...

This week's blog post topic is video production, so I decided to upload a video I did for a past Communication module 😊 This video was my first time using video editing software, and I have to say: kudos to YouTubers, film & TV editors because video editing ain't easy! It was many grueling hours of frustration, re-watching the same raw footage over and over again, cutting footage and piecing them together repeatedly, trying all the special effects available ― all just to produce one 5 minute video. And without further ado, here's the video:

The holiday season is approaching, and I'm sure that most of us are really excited to enjoy the accompanying festive goodies, bond with our families and friends, or to just bask in the festive atmosphere. But this season also entails something that some of us may dread: holiday shopping . Ten years ago, most of us would have done our holiday shopping at physical stores — perhaps at "brick-and-mortar" shops or shopping malls. But now, retail has evolved, launching us into the age of "online shopping". This has become all the rage in recent years, and has actually become a threat to physical retail commerce. Online shopping is a form of e-commerce that allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from sellers over the Internet. Consumers find a product of interest by visiting the website of the retailer directly or by searching among various vendors using a search engine, which displays the same product's availability and pricing at different reta...