Understanding Hypermedia 2.0: Multimedia Origins, Internet Futures

by Bob Cotton and Richard Oliver

Book Overview

This text seeks to unscramble the current media revolution. After describing the background to the extraordinary convergence of media, and discussing the pioneers of the new media arts and technologies, the authors examine the main building blocks of hypermedia: words; images; sounds; and movement through space and time.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714836575
• ISBN13: 9780714836577
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.0" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

A must have book for anyone interested in new media!

Understanding Hypermedia 2,000 is a wonderful read. It takes you on a journey tracing the origins of hypermedia from its very early beginings way back in the 1700's with the birth of print, all the way through to the modern new media revolution. It charts the developments in technology, culture, science and the arts to give you a very broad understanding of just what hypermedia is and where it came from. Looking to the future, Understanding Hypermedia looks at the components of hypermedia - interface design, typography, text, animation, video, vrml, etc -, the processes of designing and building new media projects - including examples from the web, cdrom and kiosks - and the future of the medium. From the hypermedia innovators to the visionaries of cyberspace. This book is a wonderful, rich and fasinating source of information and inspiration for anyone interested in or working with new media today.