3D Information Place: Architecture For Virtual Place-Making And Information Navigation

Hsu, Pei-Hsien; Hsu, Pei-Hsien

ISBN 10: 3659447579 / ISBN 13: 9783659447570

Published by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013

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256 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.58 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 3D Information Place: Architecture For Virtual Place-Making And Information Navigation
• Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659447579
• ISBN 13: 9783659447570
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.43 kilograms

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Synopsis

A 3D information place is a 3D navigable virtual environment which provides a socio-spatial organisation of information. Its structures and formal attributes have an impact on users’ information-seeking activities, and they adapt to reflect patterns of such activities. Such a concept is firmly based on the concept of place and the context of digital information environments, and it leads to a theoretical framework consisting of four major elements: space, information, social factors and digital mediation. It is a fundamental hypothesis of this book that combining the four elements into a coherent system, a 3D information place, can lead to positive effects not only on users’ navigation experience and social interaction, but also on the performance of information environments for the purpose of information-seeking. This book investigates fields including architecture, information visualisation, virtual environments, and theories of place. It also includes three practical research projects, designed to test the concept of socio-spatial organisation of information.

About the Author

Dr. Pei-Hsien Hsu received PhD degree from the Department of Architecture, the University of Cambridge after years of work experience as a professional architect. Seeking to interweave architecture, information and new media, he is an architect of space, interactive media and information, which jointly constitute architecture of mixed reality.