How Virtual Worlds Affect Us: On the Structure of Transfers from the Media World to theReal World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introduction 9
3. Content Graphics. How to Read the Visuals 21
4. The Continuous Construction of the Computer User: Visions and User Models in the History of Human-Computer Interaction 27
5. Interaction Design – Design as Interaction: On the Emergence of Design as a Symbolic Form of Modern Communication 43
6. Total Interaction: Interaction as a Guiding Priciple Beyond Aesthetics 53
7. Generation Flash 67
8. Remembering the Future: Memory and Interaction 79
9. How Virtual Worlds Affect Us: On the Structure of Transfers from the Media World to theReal World 95
10. Constituents of Hybrid Reality: Cultural Anthropological Reflections and a Serious Game Design Experiment Merging Mobility, Media and Computing 123
11. Questions on the Method of Visual Design 143
12. Visual Perception and Virtual Worlds 165
13. Beinglnvisible 183
14. Hear Me Interact 203
15. Interactive Systems - Wearable Computers 221
16. Between Man and Machine 233
17. Generative Design 251
18. Interactive Simulations 275
19. BioSonics: Interactive Growth System 291
20. Tangible User Interfaces for Educational Use 305
21. Robots in Education and Training: The Case of an Interactive Multi-Agent System 319
22. Interaction Design: Definition and Tasks 341
23. Backmatter 352