Word: videodisc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...applications of the laser-type videodisc are limited only by the imagination, and applications even more innovative than the one in Knoxville have been developed. Examples...
...side are stored 54,000 images, any one of which can be called up instantly on command. The stylus and laser systems are incompatible, which leads to a great deal of consumer confusion. Moreover, unlike the video cassette recorder, the systems cannot record from television. Currently there are three videodisc machines on the market using laser vision and ten using a stylus. Despite exaggerated reports of the disc's demise, both the stylus and laser players are selling better than color televison did when it first appeared 18 years...
...saving cardiac arrest victims, is so interactive that it practically cries "Ouch!" The disc is linked to a mannequin equipped with 14 sensors, and it tells the trainee exactly where to push, pound, pinch or pummel. Instructing the trainee how to compress the victim's chest, the videodisc might say, "Find the notch on the sternum," or perhaps, "A little more gently this time." At the course's conclusion, the system gives a complete exam, grades it, and can certify the student in cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
...moment, interactive programs are being used or developed at Atari (the disc acts as an indefatigable salesman in the showroom); IBM; Sears, Roebuck (Looking for a gingham dress? You can find it on their videodisc catalogue); General Motors; the Smithsonian Institution; Walt Disney Productions; Xerox; and the National Gallery of Art (recording 16,000 works of art for scholarly delectation). As a teaching tool for schools, industry and museums, the interactive videodisc has an assured place...
...just as the use of the home computer depended on the marketing of interesting software, the videodisc player's consumer popularity awaits the creation of enticing disc software and increased awareness of the computer in the home. It should be understood, says M.I.T.'s video wizard An drew Lippman, that "the videodisc is peripheral to your personal computer, not the televison set." And that the admonition "Look but don't touch" applies to oil paintings, not TV screens...