Expanding Reality I

Makers and Dreamers of Early VR
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-76569-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Written in a lively and accessible style, Expanded Reality I: Makers and Dreamers of Early VR tells the remarkable story of virtual reality's origins and formative decades. Combining compelling storytelling with rigorous scholarship, the book will appeal to media scholars, practitioners, students, and anyone curious about the histories of technology, art, and digital culture.

Structured as a multi-threaded narrative, Expanded Reality I introduces a colorful international cast of scientists, engineers, artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who defined the field. Lavishly illustrated and drawing on extensive archival research—including never-before-seen materials—and in-depth interviews with VR pioneers, the book brings both familiar and overlooked stories to life.

The narrative traces VR from its earliest beginnings to the eve of its emergence into wider public consciousness in the second decade of the twenty-first century, exploring pioneering research labs, companies, artists, early applications, and the international networks that shaped its development. By looking beyond a single technological lineage, the book reveals a richer, more global history of how virtual reality came to be.

As VR becomes increasingly embedded in contemporary culture, Expanded Reality I offers a timely account of the ambitions, breakthroughs, and dreams that brought it into existence. It is both a definitive history of early VR and the first part of a larger story, which continues in Expanded Reality II: The Rebirth and Destiny of VR.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ford Morie, Jacquelyn

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitales Video
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitale Animation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Virtuelle Realität, Erweiterte Realität

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1 - The First Wave: Explorers without a Map

Chapter 2 - The Second Wave: Starting Up and Digging Deep

Chapter 3 - First Companies Emerge: Birth of an Industry?

Chapter 4 - All This Useless Beauty

Chapter 5 - Beyond Hype and Hope: Glimmers of Usefulness

Chapter 6 - Towards a Medium of Artistic Expression and a Soul for Cyberspace

Chapter 7 - The Emerging Global Picture

Chapter 8 - Keepers of the Vision

Über Autor(innen)

Jacquelyn Ford Morie is a virtual reality artist, scientist, and educator, whose pioneering work in immersive media began in 1989. A founder of USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, her research there explored multisensory VR, avatars, emotion, and social virtual worlds. She co-edited the 2020 Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts and Roles of Immersive Media. Honors include the AIXR Lifetime Achievement Award, SIGGRAPH Academy induction, and the VES Georges Méliès Award for her significant contributions to VR.