From: "Peter Rothman" Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: _The Media Equation_ review and links in The Net Net Date: 29 Mar 1997 15:40:09 GMT Message-ID: <01bc3c56$adcbcd40$054b2299@aeon.divelabs.com> Organization: Rothman Family _The Media Equation_ is a really important book for anyone interested in the psychological and social implications of VR technology. Its one of the top ten books of the year. Peter Rothman Director of R&D, MetaTools, Inc. http://www.metatools.com "Thus the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees." -- Schopenhauer Caitlin Burke wrote in article <333A06D0.6E01@best.com>... > The Net Net is a Webzine featuring book, beer, and CD reviews, > essays on the World Wide Web, digital art and animation, > Shockwave, Virtual Reality, and more. > > http://www.thenetnet.com/ > > Issue 36 (March 24) features a review of _The Media Equation: > How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like > Real People and Places_, by Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass. > _The Media Equation__ describes investigations of human-media > interactions by two Stanford media researchers who go on to > offer design recommendations for media as diverse as word- > processor software and film. > > The Net Net > -- > reviews, essays, and web technology > at http://www.thenetnet.com/schmeb/ > > [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup > as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate > endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.] >