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Virtual Space

Spatiality in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Lars Qvortrup

    1. Department of Interactive Media, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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  2. Jens F. Jensen
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  3. Erik Kjems
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  4. Niels Lehmann
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  5. Claus Madsen
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  3. Constructional Aspects of Virtual Space

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-74
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    2. Mapping Virtual Worlds

      • Lars Bodum, Erik Kjems
      Pages 75-92

    3. Making 3D Models of Real World Objects

      • Jørgen Bjørnstrup
      Pages 93-111

    4. Constructing Virtual Environments for Visual Explorers

      • Erik Granum, Peter Musaeus
      Pages 112-138

  4. Communicative Aspects of Virtual Space

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-143
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    2. The Design of Public Virtual Spaces in 3D Virtual Worlds on the Internet

      • Kenneth Hansen
      Pages 145-170

    3. Collaborative Spaces: Inhabited Virtual 3D Worlds

      • Rune Nielsen
      Pages 171-189

    4. Tangible Objects: Connecting Informational and Physical Space

      • Peter Bøgh Andersen, Palle Nowack
      Pages 190-210

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 307-307
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Containing the edited research papers resulting from an ambitious, cross-disciplinary research project, this volume examines the spatiality of virtual inhabited 3D worlds - virtual reality and cyberspace. (Three other volumes look at Interaction, Staging and Methodology.) It is about the communication spaces emerging at the Internet and supported by special 3D interfaces. It is also about the virtual spaces created by virtual reality hardware (CAVEs, panoramic screens, head mounted display systems etc.) and software.
Virtual Space: Spatiality in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds is interdisciplinary. It deals with philosophical, psychological, communicational, technological and aesthetic aspects of space. While philosophy raises the question concerning the ontology of space - what is space - psychology deals with our perception of space. Communication theory looks at the way in which space supports communication (i.e. that space is a medium for communication), and finally aesthetic analyses exemplify the use of virtual space in virtual cities, in museums and in art.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Interactive Media, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Lars Qvortrup

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