This folder contains demos of CD ROM products from Sumeria, Inc., a new media publishing company dedicated to the design and publication of electronic books and magazines. Sumeria publishes CD ROM titles in several areas including: natural sciences, computers, anthropology, the arts, and digital technology.
Sumeria, Inc.
329 Bryant Street, #3D
San Francisco, CA 94107 USA
415/904-0800 Telephone
415/904-0888 FAX
SUMERIA PRODUCT LIST:
OceanLife™ Volume 1: Western Pacific Hybrid $39.95
This CD ROM-based magazine takes its readers to the tropical reefs of the Western Pacific - Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga - to see over 40 species of the world's most elusive creatures in their natural environment. Underwater film of the fish combined with information about habitat and range provide the reader with a glimpse of the future of field guides.
OceanLife™ Volume 2: Micronesia Hybrid 2-CD set $49.95
This double CD set is the second in series of interactive CD ROM-based books on marine life. It includes original underwater video and still photography of more than 150 species, ranging from Ponaphei to Palau. The most comprehensive work of its kind includes fish behavior on subjects like mating, predation, camouflage, brooding and nesting. Learn more about Micronesia by exploring the detailed maps (topographical, relief and political).
Ocean Life™: Volume 3: Hawaii Hybrid $49.95
The third in a series of interactive CD-ROM based books on marine life from Hawaii. This CD features comprehensive text, range maps, photographs, and full color video for over 90 species and multi-mode access that lets you browse by photo, name, or keyword. Unique interactive maps of the Hawaiian archipelago provide bathymetric and topographical information for the reefs of Hawaii. An expanded interactive morphology section details anatomical variations that help aquarists and divers identify species. New in this volume is an easy-to-use visual index of families and phyla of Hawaiian marine life.
Exploring Ancient Cities Hybrid $59.95
This CD brings articles from Scientific American to multimedia format. Readers can explore Teotihuacan (Mexico); Pompeii (Italy); Petra (Jordan), four of Crete's Bronze Age Palaces, and other sites. Readers will have access to interactive maps, video, photography, sound, narration, text export, video and photo export.
SPACE: A Visual History of Manned Space Flight™ Hybrid $49.95
The first of its kind; a complete history of space flight from Mercury to current Shuttle flights. This CD provides a narrated overview of thirty years of the US space program culled from hundreds of hours of video. This is the only published CD ROM on space that contains QuickTime films compressed with QuickTime 1.5 at 240 x 180. A must see for space fans, and the video is public domain so you can use the materials, too. It is one of the first hybrid CDs - playable on Macintosh or Windows computers.
QuickTime:™ The CD 1992 Macintosh $29.95
Winners of the 1992 QuickTime Film Festival
Nearly 500 megabytes of digital films selected by a distinguished panel of computer scientists and film industry computer experts as the best of the year. Categories include: animation, commercial, documentary, education, experimental, micromovies, narrative, Apple entries, and others.
QuickTime™: The CD 1993 Macintosh 2-CD set $49.95
Winners of the 1993 International QuickTime Film Festival
This two CD ROM set of digital films was selected by a distinguished panel of computer scientists and film industry computer experts as the best of the year, including for the first time, entries from Japan. Categories include: animation, commercial, documentary, education, experimental, interactive, micro-movies, narrative, and others. See what the best in the world are up to now.
QuickTime™: The CD 1992/1993 Windows 2-CD set $64.95
Winners of the 1992 and 1993 International QuickTime Film Festival held annually in San Francisco have been combined on this two-CD ROM set for IBM-compatible CPUs running Windows 3.1. This CD contains Apple's new software QuickTime for Windows which enables a PC to playback QuickTime movies. Categories include: animation, commercial, documentary, education, experimental, interactive, micromovies, narrative, scientific & technical, and others. Nearly one gigabyte of films!
QuickTime™: The CD 1994 Hybrid 2-CD set $49.95
This edition contains the winners of the International QuickTime Film Festival held in Tokyo and San Francisco. This edition of the series features a movie browser which allows random access to any movie on the CD-ROM and plays movies on an elegant black background. The CD ships with all the software necessary to play the movies on your Macintosh, Power PC, or Windows computers.
The Art of Macworld Macintosh $39.95
A coffee table style book that collates all of the best Macintosh generated design and illustration. This CD is based upon the work of 20 of the best known Macintosh illustrators in the world and provides the reader with a complete overview of their work and its evolution over an 8 year period at Macworld magazine. Don't miss this unique collection. Includes contact information for all the artists.
Macworld Interactive® Volume 1.1 Macintosh $29.95
The first CD ROM-based version of Macworld magazine including articles on: How to Publish a CD ROM, 3D Graphics Software, and Upgrading Your Macintosh. Also included are Commentary from Jerry Borrell, an interview with Mike Saenz, founder of Reactor, reviews of new multimedia products and much more. The first real multimedia magazine.
Macworld Interactive® Volume 1.2 Macintosh $29.95
The second issue of the electronic CD ROM-based version of Macworld magazine. This issue contains an in-depth exploration of QuickTime and explains how to get started with this powerful, but complex technology. In the Game Hall of Fame feature, Macworld® columnist Steven Levy guides you through the ten best games of the year, which you get to play! Also, Commentary by Jerry Borrell, and an extensive interview with the founder of The Voyager Company, Bob Stein and more multimedia reviews.
