Leading corporations and federal agencies are beginning torecognize the great potential of multimedia applications. IBM and Applehave announced major commitments to develop equipment and software formultimedia applications. Current trends in multimedia applications areexamined. A summary of the network implications in view of broadbandISDN (B-ISDN) is included. Multimedia database systems; audio, video,and graphics multimedia mail; teleconferencing; video extension to the Xwindow (VEX); and an audio server under development at Olivetti ResearchCenter (VOX) are outlined. Handling multimedia requests, distributedcomputing and shared resources, media conversion, and issues of networkdesign are discussed
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