VMath - The Next Generation for Math Lectures
Starting in 2004, a generous grant from William R. Hearst III, and technical contributions from the Internet Archive and Brewster Kahle, will enable MSRI to take the next steps. The best features of our old system will be kept: free access and the avoidance of anything that disturbs the presenter. But we will:
- Improve the production values, lighting, and sharpness of the videos to nearly cinematic quality, and make use of available bandwidth.
- Make lecture notes, and associated documents available as PDFs.
- Encourage individuals and institutions to establish special collections of our videos, possibly annotated, for locally given courses and seminars.
- Greatly improve the indexing and accessibility of the material on the videos
- Make individual DVDs of any lecture available by mail on a low-cost basis.
Our videos are available as streaming videos or as downloadable content. Videos are in QuickTime format as well as media files that can be used for creating your own DVDs. Videos prior to Fall 2004 are in RealMedia format and cannot be downloaded.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation.
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