ICT Entertainment

In the world nowadays, ICT has been responsible for assisting in the development of entertainment.

One of the things that is mainly used in music entertainment now is the MP3 files which contain music on digital audio files as MPEGs. This technology is often used to play music with digital music players such as MP3 players and iPods. This now revolutionised the entertainment as it now allows people to listen to music without the need for a physical product for the players to play music off of.

DVDs (Digital Versitile Disks) came into existance as a result in developments in ICT. DVDs share similar optical technology to CD-ROM disc drives and CD players. DVDs are also read in DVD players by lasers. As a result of the new developments and they share similar technology CD and DVD technologies often overlap and now CD players can play DVDs and vice versa. The now commonplace of the technology means it's more common to see Personal DVD players to go with personal CD players as well as there being both CD and DVD players now in cars as well as in the home and on someone's person.

ICT now also has the ability to send out digital Radio which allows certain radio stations to broadcast solely on computers and certain digital radio players. The rising interst in this has lead to the government planning to phase out the FM radiowave bradcasts by 2015. However there is a preassure group in parliament to oppose this change or at least put it back until 2020.

Televisions also have ICT entertainment based on them nowadays. TVs now have the ability to reciveve TV via satelite. The development of HD and 3D televisions along with 3D Cameras are also a creation of IT works. The idea of Plasma TV's came out of the same technology was inspired by the use of plasma computer monitors.

Cinemas have also been influenced by the development in ICT. As a result of new updates in technology, the films are shown at better quality than before. Space is often saved as now the projectors show films that have been downloaded in digital medas rather than in filmstrips as it now means that theres less space needed for filmstock. The fact that when it is released yoiu can also download films onto your computer and watch them there to save you on a need to buy DVDs. This option however makes movie piracy a lot easier as all someone now has to do is hack the site that offers the films. Most films made nowadays require the use of CGI (Computer Graphic Imaging) to create scenes that are impossible nor not safe to do in real life. The ease of use of this technology can be seen in the film, Monsters which was created by 5 people on a laptop.

IT is majorly involved in gaming nowadays, in all platforms and in different categories. The issue of computer gaming was once a topic for a BBC Panorama programme which discussed the idea of video game addiction. IT also has been able to create cameras that pick up movement and transfer it to the computer. Cameras such as the Playstation 2's EyeToy and the Xbox 360's Kinect are examples of these gaming webcams where people are the controller. The physical activity that people are forced to do in order to play games with these cameras as well as games consoles such as the Wii could mean that as a result of excercising while playing without controllers, it could make physical activity clubs such as gyms obsolete. Games can also now be played on mobile phones such as the smartphone thanks to IT's assists in file transfer.

In conclusion ICT has been able to change forms of technology and adapt them for entertainment purposes. An example of this is that they have been able to adapt webcam technology and turn it into console controllers. Films such as Avatar would not have been able to have been such a success without advances in IT 3D graphics design and CGI.