Reality Media is a book about augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies and their impact on media and society. The book is published by MIT Press and is available in print and digital formats. The authors are David Bolter, Maria Engberg, and Blair MacIntyre.
This digital version of Reality Media is a complement to the printed book (shown above). The digital version has both 2D and 3D forms.
The 2D and 3D sites are organized as a collection of galleries; in the 2D site these are pages, and in the 3D site they are 3D spaces that allow you to get inside AR and VR—to inhabit these new reality media. Each of the 2D pages has a corresponding immersive 3D gallery space.
Please note that the virtual galleries are undergoing conversion and are not available at this time. We hope to begin restoring access to the VR experiences by December 2024.
The Preface explains the concept behind the project and gives an overview of the structure of the 2D and 3D spaces, and how they relate to the chapters in the printed book.
The immersive galleries of RealityMedia are organized around a central rotunda. The rotunda contains an overview of each immersive gallery along with a portal to each gallery. The rotunda serves as an organizational hub and can be accessed from each of the immersive galleries.
Links to the 2D galleries of RealityMedia are listed below. These pages provide context for your visit as well as links into the corresponding 3D galleries (the portal symbol indicates a link into a 3D gallery).
The following authored the texts, and/or participated in the design and implementation of the website and the virtual reality experience.
Jay David Bolter
Author
Jay David Bolter is the Wesley Chair of New Media and Director of the Augmented Environments Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of Remediation (1999), with Richard Grusin.
Maria Engberg
Author
Maria Engberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology at Malmö University.
Blair MacIntyre
Author
Blair MacIntyre is a .... He has been an active researcher in the field of augmented reality since its inception in the 1990s.
Jisu Park
Designer
Jisu Park is a Ph.D. student in the Digital Media Program at Georgia Tech with a primary research interest in how AR and VR could be used in informal educational settings.
Colin Freeman
Designer
Digital media content creator specializing in 3D modeling and content optimization for XR applications.
Soy Jang
Designer
So-youn Jang is a PhD student in the Digital Media Program at Georgia Tech. Her research lies at the intersection of health communication, social computing and HCl.
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The Preface explains the concept behind the project and gives an overview of the structure of the 2D and 3D spaces, and how they relate to the chapters in the printed book.
