Prezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.[1][2][3][4][5] The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information within a 2.5D or parallax 3D space on the Z-axis. Prezi was officially established in 2009 by co-founders Adam Somlai-Fischer, Peter Halacsy and Peter Arvai.

Contents 1 History 2 Products and features

o 2.1 Prezi ZUI o 2.2 Prezi Desktop o 2.3 Prezi Collaborate o 2.4 Prezi Viewer for iPad

3 Revenue model 4 Uses

o 4.1 Business and conferences o 4.2 Education o 4.3 Information visualization

5 Platform compatibility 6 Criticism 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

HistoryPrezi (or Prezi.com) was created by the support of Kitchen Budapest and Magyar Telekom in 2008 in order to replace the ordinary slide based presentations. Today the project is assisted by Sunstone Capital.[citation needed] The actual development was done by Zui Labs led by its three Hungarian founders Péter Árvai, Szabolcs Somlai-Fischer and Péter Halácsy. The word prezi is the Hungarian short form of presentation.

Products and features

Prezi Path Tool

Prezi ZUI

The Prezi online and offline ZUI editors employ a common tool palette, allowing users to pan and zoom, and to size, rotate, or edit an object. The user places objects on a canvas and navigates between videos, images, texts and other presentation media. Frames allow grouping of presentation media together as a single presentation object. Paths are navigational sequences that connect presentation objects for the purposes of structuring a linear presentation.

Prezi Desktop

Prezi Desktop[6] allows Prezi Pro or Edu Pro subscribers to work off-line and create and save their presentations on their own Windows or Mac systems. Prezi Desktop Editor allows users to work on the presentation off- line which come in .pez file format. Users can have files up to 500 MB in size when signing up using a school login e-mail address. This storage capability doesn't affect when users use an appropriate third-party conversion software with FLV or SWF format.[7]

Prezi Collaborate

Prezi Collaborate is an online collaboration feature that allows up to ten people (co-located or geographically separated) to co-edit and show their presentations in real time. Users participate in a prezi simultaneously, and each is visually represented in the presentation window by a small avatar. Although Prez Meetings can be done simultaneously that is not the only option. Participants can be invited to edit the Prezi presentation at a later time if they wish. A link will be sent and the participant has up to ten days to edit the presentation. Prezi Meeting is included in all license types.

Prezi Viewer for iPad

Prezi Viewer[8] is an app developed for the iPad for viewing prezis created on one's Prezi online account. The iPad touchscreen and multi-touch user interface enables users to pan, and pinch to zoom in or out of their media.

Prezzip also offers templates for PreziU, with tool kits and visuals for file presentations.[9]

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