[4eyes] Fwd: 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition

[Tobias Hollerer]

I already ordered a copy of the new edition and will gladly open its use 
up to the lab once I have taken a look...

Cheers,

     Tobias


On 4/10/17 11:59 AM, Benjamin Nuernberger wrote:
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> From: *Doug Bowman* <dougbowman00 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dougbowman00 at gmail.com>>
> Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:39 AM
> Subject: 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition
> To: 3d User Interfaces <3dui-g at vt.edu <mailto:3dui-g at vt.edu>>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> We are very pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of our book, /3D 
> User Interfaces: Theory and Practice/, is now available! The first 
> edition, which came out more than 11 years ago, has long been a 
> reference guide and resource for students, researchers, and 
> practitioners in our field, but with the recent surge in interest in 
> VR, AR, and 3D UIs it was finally time to produce an updated version. 
> The second edition has been re-built from the ground up, with tons of 
> new content, improved organization, more recent references, and much 
> more. Notable additions include two chapters on human factors and HCI 
> fundamentals, and two running case studies that discuss the design of 
> a VR game and a mobile AR application in light of the concepts in each 
> chapter. Joe LaViola is the lead author for this edition, and Ryan 
> McMahan also joined the team as an important co-author.
>
> Apologies for the slightly ad-like nature of this post, but posting 
> this on the 3DUI mailing list does have a historical justification. 
> Ivan Poupyrev and I started the mailing list back in April 1998, and 
> the early list discussions brought Joe, Ernst, Ivan, and I together to 
> propose a tutorial on 3D user interfaces in March 1999 at the IEEE VR 
> conference. The materials we developed for that tutorial and 
> subsequent ones formed the basis for the first edition of the book!
>
> We hope that this new edition will be a benefit to scholars and 
> practitioners, both those who have been in the field for years and 
> those just discovering it for the first time. And we’d love to hear 
> your comments and feedback!
>
> /3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice /is available on Amazon and 
> many other online book sites. Here’s the direct link to the 
> publisher’s page for the book.
> http://www.informit.com/store/3d-user-interfaces-theory-and-practice-9780134034324 
> <http://www.informit.com/store/3d-user-interfaces-theory-and-practice-9780134034324>
>
> Best,
> Doug (for Joe, Ernst, Ryan, and Ivan)
>
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> Virginia Tech
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