IAT 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Interactive Art, Ted Nelson, Interactive Computing

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Interactive Arts and Technology
• Course: IAT 222
• Professor: Gabriela Aceves-Sepulveda

Document Summary

Interactive art (which hutamo notice) have in common: Suppose to be activated" by the user . Required a physical effort from the part of the visitor to function and to reveal their meanings . Innovations : time-sharing, artificial intelligence, interactive computer graphics, visual displays, new interface devices like light-pens, joysticks and the mouse inspired visionaries like alan kay, nicjjolas negroponte and ted nelson to see the relationship between user and the computer . Common ground , learning from each other as interaction continued, deepened and smarten . Some of them questioned the over-emphasis on the virtual, stressing the physical component of the interaction process, the body that was not quite left behind, at least yet. Some != like simplified one-yo=one interaction in commercial + industrial applications . Audience stands/sits/lies in front of a large curved grid supporting 231 electronic text displays (4) (pg 3) ^^ text appearing on display from internet chat rooms .