Many artists find it easier to draw on a computer if they use a mouse rather than devices such as graphics tablets.

A computer can only play multimedia programs that are stored on its disks.

If your computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can copy music from audio CDs onto your hard drive by using special software.

To put together the audio, video, graphics, and other files for a multimedia event, developers use specialized software, called a media player.

Because its graphics are so sophisticated, virtual reality cannot be displayed on a regular computer screen.

Using the X3D programming language, developers can create three-dimensional worlds that can be viewed over the Internet.

Virtual reality programs can simulate a specific place, job, or function, a fact that makes VR useful for training.

VR can be used to help people overcome their fear of flying, but because VR is so expensive, it is actually cheaper to take patients on real flights.

What type of multimedia programs can be run on a computer?

In this format, many movies offer interactive features such as games.

This device is like a PC in a box and usually features a touch screen for input.

This device is often used with a graphics tablet to draw digital images.

Using a microphone, sound card, and recording software, you can use your computer to store sounds in this type of file.

This is a method for listening to music, talk, and information over the Internet.

This multimedia experience uses streaming to deliver pictures as well as sound.

When you listen to streaming audio from the Internet, you are actually listening to this.

The process of copying audio CDs onto your computer's hard drive is called ________.

A multimedia developer uses this kind of program to put together the different pieces of a multimedia program.

This is one example of software for creating movies that include video, images and sound.

Which of the following is used to make virtual reality appear realistic?

This term refers to virtual reality technology that surrounds the viewer with the VR world.

This specialized virtual reality device has special uses, such as allowing the user to operate equipment from a distance.

Researchers have learned that virtual reality can be used to help people overcome their fears, such as the fear of ________.