Virtual Space
Spatiality in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds
Published on 23. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIII, 307 pages
978-1-4471-1100-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains the edited research papers resulting from a cross-disciplinary research project examining the spatiality of virtual inhabited 3D worlds.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXIII, 307 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4471-1100-9 (9781447111009)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0225-0
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06/2011
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05/2002
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Content
1 Philosophical Aspects of Virtual Space.- 1 Cyberspace as Representation of Space Experience: In Defence of a Phenomenological Approach.- 2 Cyberspace as a Space Parallel to Geographical Space.- 3 On Space, Its Time, and Spatiotemporal Expressions.- 2 Constructional Aspects of Virtual Space.- 4 Mapping Virtual Worlds.- 5 Making 3D Models of Real World Objects.- 6 Constructing Virtual Environments for Visual Explorers.- 3 Communicative Aspects of Virtual Space.- 7 The Design of Public Virtual Spaces in 3D Virtual Worlds on the Internet.- 8 Collaborative Spaces: Inhabited Virtual 3D Worlds.- 9 Tangible Objects: Connecting Informational and Physical Space.- 4 Aesthetic Aspects of Virtual Space.- 10 Explorative Space: Spatial Expression and Experience in Gardens and in VR Works.- 11 Ecological Optics and Virtual Space.- 12 Virtual Reality as Simulation: The CAVE as 'Space of Illusion' in Museum Displays.- 13 The Ontology of Virtual Space: In Search of Matrixes and Cube-machines.- Author Index.