Explore the Universe in Three Dimensions
MegaSystems has released a series of Three-Dimensional CD-ROMs by German company Glasklar, designed toteach students with authoritative texts while engaging them with videos andactivities. Titles currently available include The Human 3-D, Dinosaur 3-D, TheEarth 3-D, The Cosmos 3-D, Animals 3-D, and The World of Technology 3-D. Each program contains engrossing graphics,animation, slide shows, video material and text.
The CD-ROMs provide demonstrations and hands-on explorationin a virtual reality environment. Each program contains hundreds of pages ofeasy-to-understand text, thousands of searchable keywords, hundreds ofillustrations, extensive animation, and an easy-to-navigate interface. Thesoftware also links to the Internet for further learning and researchopportunities. MegaSystems, Duluth, GA,(678) 417-6353, www.glasklar.com.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2000 issue of THE Journal.