Virtual Space

by Qvortrup, Lars; Jensen, Jens F.; Kjems, Erik; Lehmann, Niels; Madsen, Claus

• ISBN13: 9781852335168
• ISBN10: 1852335165
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

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 Worldsis 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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction	ix
Lars Qvortrup
1 Philosophical Aspects of Virtual Space
Introduction	3	(2)
Lars Qvortrup
Cyberspace as Representation of Space Experience: In Defence of a Phenomenological Approach	5	(20)
Lars Qvortrup
Cyberspace as a Space Parallel to Geographical Space	25	(22)
Jesper Tække
On Space, Its Time, and Spatiotemporal Expressions	47	(28)
Peer Mylov
2 Constructional Aspects of Virtual Space
Introduction	73	(2)
Erik Kjems
Claus Brøndgaard Madsen
Mapping Virtual Worlds	75	(18)
Lars Bodum
Erik Kjems
Making 3D Models of Real World Objects	93	(19)
Jørgen Bjørnstrup
Constructing Virtual Environments for Visual Explorers	112	(33)
Erik Granum
Peter Musaeus
3 Communicative Aspects of Virtual Space
Introduction	141	(4)
Jens F. Jensen
The Design of public Virtual Spaces in 3D Virtual Worlds on the Internet	145	(26)
Kenneth Hansen
Collaborative Spaces: Inhabited Virtual 3D Worlds	171	(19)
Rune Nielsen
Tangible Objects: Connecting Informational and Physical Space	190	(25)
Peter Bøgh Andersen
Palle Nowack
4 Aesthetic Aspects of Virtual Space
Introduction	213	(2)
Niels Lehmann
Explorative Space: Spatial Expression and Experience in Gardens and in VR Works	215	(23)
Bettina Lamm
Ecological Optics and Virtual Space	238	(20)
Søren Kolstrup
Virtual Reality as Simulation: The CAVE as `Space of Illusion' in Museum Displays	258	(27)
Delia Tzortzaki
The Ontology of Virtual Space: In Search of Matrixes and Cube-machines	285	(22)
Bo Kampmann Walther
Author Index	307