The Best Books on VR

The following selections are the best VR books available, and will make a valuable contribution to your knowledge of virtual reality. Following each book is the date of review in CyberEdge Journal or Real Time Graphics.

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Unless indicated, reviews appeared in CyberEdge Journal.

5 Stars: required reading	4 Stars: worth having	3 Stars: above average

Force and Touch Feedback for Virtual Reality, by Grigore Burdea, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN 0-471-02141-5, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$54.95 (Reviewed September/October 1996)

Designing 3D Graphics, by Josh White, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN 0-471-14926-8, 384 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, includes CD-ROM, US$39.95 (Reviewed September/October 1996)

The Design of Virtual Environments, by Rory Stuart, published by McGraw-Hill, New York, USA, ISBN 0-07-063299-5, 274 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$55.00 (Reviewed May/June 1996)

Visualization, by Judith R. Brown, Rae Earnshaw, Mikael Jern, and John Vance, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN 0-471-12991-7, 287 pages plus CD-ROM (cross-platform), soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$49.95 (Reviewed March/April 96)

Virtual Reality for Industrial Applications,by John R. Wilson, Susan Cobb, Mirabelle D'Cruz, and Richard Eastgate, published by Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK, ISBN: 1-897676-573, 166 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$27.50 (Reviewed March/April 96)

The VRML Sourcebook, by Andrea L. Ames, David R. Landeau, and John L. Moreland, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN 0-471-14159-3, 650 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$29.95 (Reviewed March/April 96)

VRML - Browsing and BuildingCyberspace, by Mark Pesce, published by New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, IN, USA. ISBN: 1-56205-498-8, 424 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, includes CD-ROM, US$40.00. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Simulated and Virtual Realities, edited by Karen Carr and Rupert England, published by Taylor and Francis, London, England. ISBN: 0-85066-803-4, soft cover, 238 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$34.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Virtual Reality, through the new looking glass (2nd Edition), by Ken Pimentel and Kevin Teixeira. Published by Windcrest/McGraw Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA. ISBN: 0-07-050168-8, 438 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$24.95 (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1994)

The Virtual Reality Programmers Kit, by Joe Gradecki. Published by John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, USA. ISBN: 0-471-05253-1, 383 pages plus software, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$29.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1994)

The Idiots' Guide to Virtual World Design, by Kathryn Best, published by Little Star Press, Seattle, WA, USA. ISBN: 0-964-15040-9, 44 pages, soft bound, illustrated, US$10.95. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1994)

La Realite Virtuelle, by Grigore Burdea and Philippe Cioffet, published by Editions HERMES, Paris, France, ISBN: 2-86601-386-7, 402 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed. Published in the USA as Virtual Reality Technology by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, ISBN: 0-471-08632-0, hard cover, 400 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$54.95. (English edition reviewed May/June 1994)

Pictorial Communication in Virtual and Real Environments, second edition, Edited by Stephen R. Ellis with Mary Kaiser & Arthur J. Grunwald. Published by Taylor and Francis, London, UK, ISBN: 0-74840-0082-6, 615 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$39.50. (Reviewed Jan/Feb 1994) (Special Order)

Garage Virtual Reality, Linda Jacobson. Published by Sams Publishing, Indianapolis, IN, USA, ISBN: 0 672 30270 5, 439 pages plus MS-DOS disk, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$24.95. (Reviewed Jan/Feb 1994)

The Virtual Community, Howard Rheingold. Published by Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, ISBN: 0-201-60870-7, 325 pages, hard cover, indexed, US$22.95. (Reviewed Jan/Feb 1994)

Virtual Reality, Applications and Explorations, edited by Alan Wexelblat, published by Academic Press Professional, Boston, MA, ISBN: 0-12-745045-9, 245 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$29.95 (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1993)

Cyberspace: First Steps, edited by Michael Benedikt, published by MIT Press, illustrated, soft cover, 436 pages, US$24.95. ISBN: 0262521776 (Reviewed March/April 1992)

Virtual Reality, by Howard Rheingold. Published by Summit Books, 416 pages, indexed, soft cover, US$22.95. ISBN: 0671778978 (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1991)

Digital Illusion, by Clark Dodsworth. Published by Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA. ISBN: 0-201-84780-9, soft cover, 545 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$36.50. (Reviewed Oct/Nov 1997, Real Time Graphics)

Virtual Therapy, by Ralph J. Lamson. Published by Polytechnic International Press, Montreal, Canada. ISBN: 2-553-00631-4, soft cover, 172 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$34.(Reviewed Oct/Nov 1997, Real Time Graphics)

Designing Digital Space, by Daniela Bertol, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN: 0-471-14662-5, 327 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$39.95. (Reviewed January/February 1997)

VRML 2 Sourcebook, by Andrea L. Ames, David R. Nadeau, and John L. Moreland. Published by John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN: 0-471-16507-7, 654 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, includes CD-ROM, US$49.95.(Reviewed January/February 1997

Immersed in Technology, edited by Mary Anne Moser with Douglas MacLeod. Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, ISBN: 0-262-13314-8, hard cover, 339 pages, indexed, illustrated, US$40.00 (Reviewed March/April 96)

AI Agents in Virtual Reality Worlds, by Mark Watson. Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN 0-471-2708-6, 309 pages + CD-ROM, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$39.95 (Reviewed March/April 96)

Engines of Creation, by Jonathan Blossom, published by the Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, USA. ISBN: 1-878739-90-5, soft cover, indexed, illustrated, includes Macintosh disk, US$29.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Virtual Reality Systems, by John Vince, published by ACM Press, Redding, MA, USA. ISBN: 0-201-87687-6, 384 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$48.37. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Stepping Into Virtual Reality, by John Iovine, published by Windcrest McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA. ISBN: 0-07-911906-9, soft cover, 310 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$32.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Communication In the Age of Virtual Reality, Edited by Frank Biocca & Mark R. Levy, published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ISBN: 0-8058-1550-3, hard/soft cover, Illustrated, indexed, US$79.95/29.95. (Reviewed March/April 1995)

Cyberspace and the Law: Your Rights and Duties in the On-Line World, by Edward A. Cavazos and Gavino Morin. Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA. ISBN: 0-262-53123-2, 220 pages, soft cover, indexed, US$19.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1994)

Playing God: Creating Virtual Worlds with REND386, by Bernie Roehl, published by Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, USA. ISBN: 1-878739-62-X, 378 pages, softbound, illustrated, indexed, includes MS-DOS disk, US$26.95. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1994)

The Virtual Reality Casebook, edited by Carl Eugene Loeffler and Tim Anderson, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, USA. ISBN: 0-442-01776-6, 357 pages, softbound, illustrated, indexed, US$29.95. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1994)

The Virtual Reality Construction Kit, by Joe Gradecki, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA, ISBN: 0-471-00953-9, soft cover with disk, illustrated, indexed, US$27.95. (reviewed May/June 1994)

VR BASIC, manual by Paul and Mary Summitt, published by The Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA USA, ISBN: 1-878739-45-X, 233 pages plus disk (MS-DOS), 3D glasses, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$69.95. (Reviewed March/April 1994) (Special Order)

Virtual Worlds and Multimedia, edited by Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and Daniel Thalmann, published by John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, England, ISBN: 0-471-93972-2, 216 pages, hard cover, iluustrated, indexed, US$59.95. (Reviewed March/April 1994)

The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments, Roy S. Kalawsky. Published by Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, USA, ISBN: 0-201-63147-7, 405 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$45.25. (Reviewed Jan/Feb 1994)

Virtual Reality Creations, by Dave Stampe, Bernie Roehl, and John Egan, published by The Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, USA, ISBN: 1 878739 39 5, 597 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$34.95. (Reviewed Jan/Feb 1994)

Virtual Reality and the Exploration of Cyberspace, by Francis Hamit, published by Sams Publishing, Carmel, IN, USA, ISBN: 0-672-30361-1, 449 pages, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$26.95. Forward by Jerry Pournelle. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1993)

Mirror Worlds, by David Gelernter, published by Oxford University Press, New York City, ISBN: 0-19-507906-X, 237 pages, illustrated, indexed, paperback: US$12.95. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1993)

The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality, by Michael Heim, published by Oxford University Press, New York City, ISBN: 0-19-508178-1, hard cover, 175 pages, indexed, US$21.00. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1993)

CYBERARTS: Exploring Art & Technology, Edited by Linda Jacobson, published by Miller Freeman, Inc., San Francisco, CA, ISBN 0-87930-253-4, 312 pages, soft cover, indexed, illustrated, US$22.95. (Reviewed Sept/Oct 1992)

Creating Cool 3D Web Worlds with VRML, by Paul M. and Mary J. Summit, published by IDG Books Worldwide, Foster City, CA, USA, ISBN: 1-56884-796-3, 520 pages plus CD-ROM, soft cover, illustrated, indexed, US$34.99. (Reviewed March/April 96)

Virtual Reality Systems for Business, by Robert J. Thierauf, published by Quorum Books, Westport, CT, USA, ISBN: 0-89930-946-1, 304 pages, hard cover, illustrated, indexed, US$59.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

How Virtual Reality Works, by Joshua Eddings, published by Ziff Davis Press, Emeryville, CA, USA, ISBN: 1-56276-230-3, soft cover, 155 pages, illustrated, indexed, US$24.95. (Reviewed Nov/Dec 1995)

Virtual Reality Excursions, by Christopher Watkins and Stephen R. Marenka, published by Academic Press Professional, Cambridge, MA, USA, ISBN: 0-12-737865-0, soft cover with disk and 3-D glasses, illustrated, indexed, US$39.95. (Reviewed May/June 1994)

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