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Virtual realism / Michael Heim.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heim, Michael, 1944- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human-computer interaction.
Virtual reality.
Computers--Social aspects.
Computers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 238p., [8]p. of plates ) ill. (some col.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In an attempt to fashion a new way of linking the limits of technology as it stands currently with the way humans live the author has come up with the concept of 'Virtual Realism'. He shows how humans can harmonise with the new technologies.
Contents:
1. VR 101; 2. Virtual Realism; 3. The Art of Virtual Reality; 4. Interactive Design: Tunnel or Spiral?; 5. InfoEcology; 6. Nature and Cyberspace; 7. AWS and UFOs; Notes on Artists and Art Works; Vocabulary of Virtual Realism; Bibliography for Further Reading; Index
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-756169-1
1-4237-6068-9
0-19-535009-X
1-60256-773-5
OCLC:
476022859

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