Hypervideo

Hypervideo is known as a variant of hypermedia may be used as the base medium in the video files. The contents of the video are here, supplemented by hyperlinks, so -called hotspots. As the first hypervideo application applies the " Aspen Moviemap ".

Implementation

Hotspots are used, among other

• For navigation in the video itself
• As access to other videos and
• As access to further information

The design of the hyperlinks and their representation in the video can be very different. The links can move, for example, with the objects in the video with which they are associated. In addition to entertainment aspects hypervideo is especially used in e -learning environments application.

Dissemination

Today hypervideos find through the Web 2.0 technologies, a high spread. Video portals like YouTube use the technique to the media to annotate. During playback of the video, for example, at the bottom displays a message. Companies use the technology, eg in their promotional videos Hotspots to place in form of speech bubbles.