Multimedia From Wagner to Virtual Reality
Multimedia From Wagner to Virtual Reality by Randall Packer, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2001, is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of multimedia. This reprint edition spans 394 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the significant dialogue between the arts and sciences over the past fifty years, examining how various forms of computer-based multimedia, such as web sites, CD-ROMs, and virtual reality, have become integral to contemporary society.
Readers will find a detailed historical context surrounding the contributions of notable figures like Vannevar Bush, Douglas Englebart, and John Cage, among others. The text provides clear explanations of the core concepts behind multimedia, making it relevant for those interested in the fields of technology, political science, and the social aspects of media. Multimedia From Wagner to Virtual Reality serves as a resource for anyone who has engaged with new media or sought to understand its rapid development and impact on modern life.
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Web Sites, CD-ROMs, video games, interactive television, virtual reality, touch-screen kiosks, 3D architecture design programs . . . these and other forms of computer-based multimedia will be s important to the twenty-first century as film and television were to the twentieth. But what is multimedia, where did it come from, and how does it work?
Multimedia Pioneers presents the fascinating dialogue between the arts and sciences over the last half-century that made today’s multimedia possible. Scientists like Vannevar Bush, Douglas Englebart, Norbert Wiener; artists like John Cage, Nam June Paik, and William Gibson — their groundbreaking visions are brought together here for the first time, given historical context, and embedded in a clear explanation of the core concepts behind multimedia.
Multimedia Pioneers will be required reading for anyone who has built a Web site, studied computer graphics, or wondered at the rapid birth and evolution of the new media now changing every aspect of our lives.
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