Page 7 - ASSESS RESOURCES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION

Interactive media can be implemented in a wide variety of platforms and applications
encompassing virtually all areas of technology. Some examples include mobile platforms such

as touch screen smartphones and tablets, was well as other interactive mediums that are
created exclusively to solve a unique problem or set of problems. Interactive media is not limited
to a certain field of IT, it instead encompasses any technology that supplies for movie parts or

feedback based on the users actions. This can include javascript and AJAX utilization in web
pages, but can further be extended to any programming languages that share the same or
similar functionality. One of the most recent innovations to supply for interactivity to solve a

problem the plagues individuals on a daily bases is Delta Airlines “Photon Shower.” This device
was developed from Delta’s collaboration with Professor Russell Foster of Cambridge University.
The device is designed to reduce the effect of jet lag on customers that often take long flights
across time zones. The systems interactivity is evident because of the way in which it solves this

commonplace problem.. By observing what time zones a person has crossed and matching
those to the basic known sleep cycles of the individual, the machine is able to predict when a
persons body is expecting light, and when it is expecting darkness. It then bombards the

individual with the appropriate light source variations for the time, as well as an instructional card
to inform them of what times their body expects light and what times it expects darkness.Growth
of interactive media continues to advance today, with the advent of more and more powerful
machines the limit to what can be input and manipulated on a display in real time is become

virtually non-existent

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