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In trying to think big for a site, I often end up thinking about various media types, but I haven't had a simple way to categorize them.
Note that the following might be combined (e.g., real video and audio with abstract (searchable as opposed to graphical) text for subtitles).
Scalability (i.e., Abstract or Real) | Medium/Dimensionality | Timing | Recording Technology | File format | Ideal possibilities (including text if kept within the format) |
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Real | Visual 3d | timed | Kinect | ? | Hologram - timed |
Real | Visual 3d | snapshot | Kinect | ? | Hologram |
Abstract | Visual 3d | timed | (Scriptable) | WebGL (JavaScript)/SVG 3D (XML) + Animation | Hologram - timed (with (synchronized) text-searchable captions or metadata) |
Abstract | Visual 3d | snapshot | (Scriptable) | WebGL (JavaScript)/SVG 3D (XML) | Hologram (with text-searchable caption or metadata) |
Real | Visual 2d or 1d | timed | Video camera | Theora (or GIF) | Video (with embedded captions or metadata) |
Real | Visual 2d or 1d | snapshot | Camera | PNG/JPG/GIF/etc. | Image (with embedded caption or metadata) |
Abstract | Visual 2d or 1d | timed | (Scriptable) | Canvas 2d (JavaScript)/SVG + SMIL/Timed Text (XML) | Images - animated (with (synchronized) text-searchable captions or metadata) |
Abstract | Visual 2d or 1d | snapshot | (Scriptable) | Canvas 2d (JavaScript)/SVG (XML) | Image (with text-searchable caption or metadata) |
Real | Aural | timed | Audio recorder | Ogg | Audio playback (sound and voice) with pause |
Real | Aural | snapshot | Audio recorder | Ogg | Audio playback (sound and voice) |
Abstract | Aural | timed | (Scriptable) | Web Audio (JavaScript)/MIDI | Audio playback (instrument or voice synthesizer) + (synchronizable) notation & lyrics |
Abstract | Aural | snapshot | (Scriptable) | Web Audio (JavaScript)/MIDI | Audio playback (instrument or voice synthesizer) + notation & lyric |