Although many people view virtual reality as a totally new phenomenon, it has its foundations in an unrecognised history of immersive images. Indeed, the search for illusionary visual space can be traced back to antiquity. In this book Oliver Grau shows how virtual art fits into the art history of illusion and immersion. He describes the metamorphosis of the concepts of art and the image and ...

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Michael Allen offers a common-sense guide to e-learning. This book (and accompanying CD-ROM packed with interactive tools) shows how institutions can look beyond the hype to the real challenges of effective e-learning and realize results through practical, goal-oriented applications.

Offers the essentials required to know about planning and organizing user-friendly sites; three facets of usability (technology, organization, look and feel); implementing a site design; working with dynamic content; and moving to online services. This book provides helpful tips, sidebars, and illustrative examples in full color.

Aims to teach you all you need to know about XML - what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages. This book answers the fundamental questions: What is XML? How do you use XML? How does it work? and, What can you use it for?

Windows is the number one operating system in the world. There's a lot to Windows XP, with office productivity applications, multimedia features, the Internet, and security upgrades. This book covers Windows XP basics, customization, Internet explorer, microsoft network, hardware, multimedia, Windows media center, and wired and wireless networks.