From: Linda Jacobson Subject: BOOK: Cyberarts-- Exploring Art & Technology Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 16:50:07 CST Thought you folks might like to know about another VR info resource that recently hit bookstores nationwide...it's _CyberArts: Exploring Art & Technology_, edited by Linda Jacobson (that's me). 340-page, oversized (8.5x11) paperback with 16 glossy color pages of artwork and dozens of B&W photos and diagrams. ISBN 0-87930- 253-4. $22.95.. [I just learned that _Cyberarts_ will be the textbook for U.C. Irvine's film school course, "Visual Culture & Virtual Reality," and for the virtual worlds programming course at the CAD Institute (a Phoenix-based school that's offering the first nationally accredited VR curriculum).] *Contents of _Cyberarts_* Foreward by Linda Jacobson Introduction by Dominic Milano, editor of _Keyboard_ magazine 1. Overview: New Technologies & The Arts Kiss Your Tired Aesthetics Goodbye--essays by Bill Viola, Tod Machover, & Peter Sellars State of the Media--by Trip Hawkins Snow's Two Cultures Revisited: Perspective on Human- Computer Interface Design--by Bill Buxton Computer as Inspired Collaborator--by Jeff Rona & Chris Meyer Is It Technology or Is It Art? -- essays by Carl Machover, David Em, Ellen Sandor, Bo Gehring Content Distribution: What's The Medium?--essays by John Atcheson, Earl Manchester, Patrick Forth Exploring Creativity--essays by S. Joy Mountford, Frank Thomas, David Em 2. Music & Sound Hyperinstruments: A Composer's Approach to the Evolution of Intelligent Musical Instruments--by Tod Machover Sound Enters the Third Dimension Psychoacoustic Satisfaction...or Psychobabble? - Linda Jacobson The Virtual Reality of 3D Sound -- Durand Begault Launching Sounds Into Space -- Elizabeth Wenzel, Ph.D. The Convolvotron Concept -- Scott Foster Sound Localization & Spatial Enhancement with Roland Sound Space -- Curtis Chan Virtual Audio: New Uses for 3D Sound -- Chris Currell Soundtracks for Computer Software --Tom Rettig (Broderbund Software) Dances With Technology: Will You Sweep Me Off My Feet or Step On My Foot?--Craig Anderton 3. Visual Imagery, Animation & Graphics Guerilla Video: Low-Budget Production Techniques -- by Michael Masucci & Linda Jacobson Image Compression-- by John Worthington & Gail McGrew Moving Holography-- by Stephen Benton (inventor of the white-light hologram seen on book covers and credit cards) The Choreography Machine: A Design Tool for Character & Human Movement--by Thecla Schiphorst 4. Interactive Media: Theories, Tools, Results Virtual World Without End -- by Ted Nelson Rattling the Cages of Multimedia Maniacs -- by Marc Canter Multimedia War Stories -- by Peter Gotcher The Multimedia Network: Living Life in Real Time with MediaLAN--by Mark Lacas & Linda Jacobson Magritte Hated To Paint: An Aesthetic Trek Through An Idiosyncratic Set of Multimedia Authoring Systems--by Robert Edgar It's Play Time: Fun & Games with Interactivity--by Rich Gold A Peek Behind The Curtain--by Anne Graham, Dave Ream & Peter Stone The Silver Platter: A Look at CD Mastering--by Allen Adkins Curtain Up! Light the Lights! Developments in Computer Show Control--by Charlie Richmond Expanding The Book: Text & The Personal Computer--by Florian Brody 5. Old Laws for New Technologies? Protecting Your Work & Your Rights--by essays by Andy Harris, Carole Barrett & Nicholas Selby Freedom vs. Compensation--by John Perry Barlow & Trip Hawkins 6. Cyberspace & Virtual Realities The "Art" in Artificial Reality: VIDEOPLACE & Other New Forms of Human Experience--by Myron Krueger Welcome To Electronic Cafe International: A Nice Place for Hot Coffee, Iced Tea, & Virtual Space--by Kit Galloway & Sherrie Rabinowitz The Mandala System: An Alternative Approach to Virtual Reality--by Vincent John Vincent Virtual Reality: A Status Report--by Jaron Lanier The Art of Building Virtual Realities--by Steve Tice, Scott Fisher, Brenda Laurel The Experiential Revolution: A VR Pioneer Looks Back to the Future--by Mort Heilig Appendix SOURCES & RESOURCES Make Back-Ups Early & Often!--by Linda Jacobson Suggested Reading % Organizations % Technology Sources and the CYBERART GALLERY, featuring the works of Victor Acevedo, Elizabeth Griffiths Lawhead, Daria & Gary Barclay, Will Cloughley & Sondra Slade, Barbara Nessim, David Em, Beverly Reiser, Sandra Filippucci, Ellen Sandor, Stephan Meyers, Arthur Olson & David Goodsell, Michael Gosney & Jack Davis, Nicole Stenger, Michael Johnson, Joe Tripician & Merrill Aldighieri, Marius Johnston, Michael Wright, and Myron Krueger _Cyberarts_ includes "hypertext" annotations, explanatory entries that live in the margins of the pages in which their words/phrases (boldfaced in the text) appear. This approach supported defining terms in context; for instance, the annotation for "MIDI" in a Music & Sound chapter is different than MIDI's annotation in the Cyberspace section. Not limited to technical terms, the annotations also cover meanings of words/phrases ranging from "mandala" to "metaphysical construction" to "Marshall McLuhan." _Cyberarts_ is published by Miller Freeman, the company that publishes A.I. Expert, UNIX Review, Computer Language, Keyboard, Guitar Player, and LAN magazines, among other titles, and produces the annual CyberArts International conference. [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on sci.virtual-worlds as a public service. Their appearance here does not necessarily indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators. -- Mark A. DeLoura]