An overview of the art historical antecedents to virtual reality and the impact of virtual reality on contemporary conceptions of art.Although many people view virtual reality as a totally new phenomenon, it has its foundations in an unrecognized history of immersive images. Indeed, the search for illusionary visual space can be traced back to antiquity. In this book, Oliver Grau shows how virt…
This volume offers systematic and interdisciplinary reflections on the new imagery world opened by the Internet and the digital world. It offers analytical approaches to the visual.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Leading scholars take a wider view of new media, placing it in the context of art history and acknowledging the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach in new media art studies and practice.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.