Gooey media : screen entertainment and the graphic user interface / Nick Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Nick, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer interfaces.

Home entertainment systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

England : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Explores the influence of the graphic user interface on contemporary screen media.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

At the interface

Web of connections

Chapter GUIde

1. Screen Mirroring

Getting to the GUI

Gooey media

Screen share

Conclusion

2. Interface Realism

The myth of total resolution

Bazinterface

Workflow cinema

Frames win games …

… Not films

3. Listen Mode

Ping

Gooey listening

Collision boxes

In sync

4. Seamless Composites

Asset management

Breaking down the breakdown

Narrow viewports

The breakdown in history

Media (dis)assemble

5. Graphic Urban Interface

Altered urbanism

Personal space

Screening source code

Procedural rhetoric and spatial flexibility

Where do you want to go today?

6. Programming Matter

Animate form

Transforming Packard

Polymer visions

7. Empathy Machines

Getting to VR

Dirtying up the faceless interface

VRealities

Milking it

Looking through the Aperture

Conclusion: Stuck In

Back to where it all started

Stay away from marketing

Time off screen

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jones, Nick Gooey Media

ISBN:

1-3995-2278-7

OCLC:

1391441211