Immersion

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The Immersive Experiences Collection is made up peripherals that bring users into digital experiences conceptually and/or perceptually by surrounding the visual field and providing input that is natural and automatic.¹

Headset

View-Master Virtual Reality Viewers by Mattel

The Stereoscopic Headset Collection has a range of devices that demonstrate the evolution of techniques used to surround the visual field in order to achieve a state of visual immersion. More…

Motion

Power Glove with Power Ball Running on NES

Xbox by Microsoft with Rockband by Harmonix

The Motion Input Collection consists of a wide range of input devices that illustrate the history and evolution of motion sensing peripherals that go well beyond basic keyboards and mice. More…

“Mind”

Mindwave

The Mind Input Collection consists of fun, low-cost products from NeuroSky that use EEG sensors for “brain control” of physical and digital objects. More…

Bookshelf

These are some of the most relevant books in the collection. More…

Non-Fiction Books

Cyberspace: First Steps Edited by Michael Benedikt

Envisioning Cyberspace: Designing 3D Electronic Spaces by Peter Anders

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet H. Murray

Video Game Spaces: Image, Play and Structure in 3D Worlds by Michael Nitsche

Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass by Ken Pimentel and Kevin Teixeira

Sex, Drugs and Tessellation: The Truth about Virtual Reality, As Revealed in the Pages of CyberEdge Journal by Ben Delaney

Possible Worlds: The Social Dynamic of Virtual Reality by Ralph Schroeder

Fiction, Books

Fiction, Movies

Collection Notes
1 The majority of the artifacts and other resources in this collection were originally acquired and used as extensions of the activities of Digital-Den.