Multimedia From Wagner to Virtual Reality [Paperback]

Tracing the fertile series of collaborations between arts and sciences throughout the twentieth century, Randall Packer and Ken Jordan present the often overlooked history behind multimediathe interfaces, links, and interactivity we all take for granted today. Many of the papers that had profound impact upon my developmentto say nothing of the entire industryare here, raves Donald A. Norman, author of I recommend this book to you with an earnestness that I have seldom felt for any collection of historic texts, writes William Gibson in his foreword.