The Interactive Book: A Guide to the Interactive Revolution

Fascinating. The book contextualizes what the interactive revolution is about. How much did I like it? I teach New Media at UCLA Extension and "The Interactive Book" is the required text for my new course, "Fundamentals of New Media for the Entertainment Professional".

A detailed expedition through the history of interactive design theory and practice, with many examples, both high-tech and otherwise (good and bad), and the kinds of thinking behind it. Just the names of the people whose work is described comprise an excellent set of bookmarks for further study.

The Interactive Book is fascinating and lluminating. Celia Pearce has a long experiential history in virtual reality and cyberworlds. She was also SIGGRAPH 98's panels chair, an artist, architect, designer and producer. The Interactive Book covers a range of design and technical issues while blending Celia's own history and experiences with the key contributors of this industry . The book is insightful, mind-expanding and takes one to that next level of knowledge.As an instructor of 3D Media on the Web at UCLA, UC Irvine and UC Berkeley Extension, "The Interactive Book" is my highest recommended book to my students

Begin at the end, skip to the middle and finish at the beginning. Celia Pearce has written the book we've all been waiting for. A MUST READ for any one interested in interactive culture, history, story telling, design, and much more.

This book is a MUST READ for individual working on or with the Internet and interactive media. Not only will you come away with knowledge you can use immediately, you will enjoy every minute of it. Read the Introduction to this book before you start and the unusual structure will make sense. It is a collection of essays, philosophical musings and history. The small icons lead you from one section to another or you can read it topically. While you can start at the beginning and read it straight through, it makes more sense to find a likely topic in the table of contents and start in the middle. How nice to have such an articulate and knowledgeable guide to help us all understand where we are headed!