Michael Heim is lecturer at the California State University Extension, Long Beach. He is the author of the award-winning The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality (OUP, 1993) and the ground-breaking Electric Language (1987).

A pleasant, easily readable account of several applications of computer technology to create experiential art and one or two useful tools.

• 1. VR 101 ; 2. Virtual Realism ; 3. The Art of Virtual Reality ; 4. Interactive Design: Tunnel or Spiral? ; 5. InfoEcology ; 6. Nature and Cyberspace ; 7. AWS and UFOs ; Notes on Artists and Art Works ; Vocabulary of Virtual Realism ; Bibliography for Further Reading ; Index

Michael Heim is lecturer at the California State University Extension, Long Beach. He is the author of the award-winning The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality (OUP, 1993) and the ground-breaking Electric Language (1987).

A pleasant, easily readable account of several applications of computer technology to create experiential art and one or two useful tools.

• 1. VR 101 ; 2. Virtual Realism ; 3. The Art of Virtual Reality ; 4. Interactive Design: Tunnel or Spiral? ; 5. InfoEcology ; 6. Nature and Cyberspace ; 7. AWS and UFOs ; Notes on Artists and Art Works ; Vocabulary of Virtual Realism ; Bibliography for Further Reading ; Index

Michael Heim is lecturer at the California State University Extension, Long Beach. He is the author of the award-winning The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality (OUP, 1993) and the ground-breaking Electric Language (1987).

A pleasant, easily readable account of several applications of computer technology to create experiential art and one or two useful tools.

• 1. VR 101 ; 2. Virtual Realism ; 3. The Art of Virtual Reality ; 4. Interactive Design: Tunnel or Spiral? ; 5. InfoEcology ; 6. Nature and Cyberspace ; 7. AWS and UFOs ; Notes on Artists and Art Works ; Vocabulary of Virtual Realism ; Bibliography for Further Reading ; Index