OceanLife Volume IV: The Great Barrier Reef, is the fourth in an interactive series of CD-ROM–based books on marine life from Sumeria, Inc.
OceanLife Volume IV is a hybrid, two CD-ROM set for Macintosh and Windows personal computers, this volume includes three hours of original, narrated underwater video, music and photography on the tropical reef life of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
OceanLife Volume IV includes:
•Full color video for 228 species of fish
•Comprehensive text descriptions of each species
•Distribution range maps
•Photographs of fish families
•Multi-mode access—browse by photo, name or keyword
•Detailed, interactive maps of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
•Aerial photographs of several islands
•Text search
•Text and movie export
•An illustrated guide to the ecology of coral reef habitats, a new feature of the OceanLife series
•10 behavioral films
As with all Sumeria products, owners of this CD may easily export and reuse all of the video with any QuickTime-compatible application.
Dr. Gerald R. Allen, Head Curator of the Department of Ichthyology at the Western Australian Museum, and co-author of Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea and Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Guide, collaborated on this volume.
OceanLife Volume IV follows on Sumeria's first three volumes in the series; Volume I: Southwestern Pacific, Volume II: Micronesia, and Volume III: Hawaii. A fifth volume on the Caribbean is in production, making the OceanLife series the most comprehensive reference and entertainment product on the subject of marine life available on CD-ROM.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Macintosh:
System 7.0; 6MB of RAM; 13-inch monitor (256 or better colors); CD-ROM drive (double-speed recommended).
IBM-Compatible:
CPU with 486/33MHz or higher processor; 8MB of RAM; DOS 5.0; Windows 3.1; VGA+ display (256 or better colors at 640 x 480 resolution); sound card; CD-ROM drive (double-speed recommended).
