Envisioning Cyberspace: Designing 3D Electronic Spaces

by Peter Anders

Free of the constraints of physical form and limited only by imagination, new environments spring to life daily in a fantastic realm called cyberspace. The creators of this new virtual world may be programmers, designers, architects, even children. In this invigorating exploration of the juncture between cyberspace and the physical world, architect Peter Anders brings together leading-edge cyberspace art and architecture ... inspiring new techniques and technologies ... unexpected unions of reality and virtuality ... and visions of challenges and opportunities as yet unexplored. More than an invitation to tour fantastic realms and examine powerful tools, this book is a hard-eyed look at cyberspace's impact on physical, cultural, and social reality, and the human-centered principles of its design. This is a book that will set designers and architects thinkingÑand a work of importance to anyone fascinated with the fast-closing space between the real and the virtual.

228 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1998

Reviews

[Jim Leftwich · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great compendium of many models for information systems and novel ways of interacting in the digital world. A number of my own conceptual models are presented in this book, as well as its cover including two images from my work.