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Peter Anders aims to take the reader on a journey to the future. He showcases the work of a number of architects and designers to demonstrate the many ways that cyberspace is manifested.

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Unfettered Excerpt by the Limits of the Imagination. Free of

constraints of physical form and limited only by imagination, new

environments spring to life daily in the fantastic realm of

cyberspace. Fabulous structures welcome throngs of people, new

communities bond across borders, fallen kingdoms thrive once more

while futuristic cities rise majestically amid fields of electrons.

The creators of this new virtual world may be programmers, designers,

architects, even children. Unexpected Unions of Reality and

Virtuality: In this this invigorating exploration of the juncture

between cyberspace and the physical world, and reality and virtuality,

architect Peter Anders brings together leading-edge cyberspace art and

architecture...inspiring new techniques and technologies...unexpected

unions of reality and virtuality...and visions of challenges and

opportunities as yet unexplored. More Than Fantastic Realms and

Powerful Tools: More than an invitation to tour fantastic realms and

examine powerful tools, this book is a hard-eyed look at cyberspace's

impact on physical, cultural, and social reality, and the

human-centered principles of its design. From analyses of the

implications of multi-user domains on the physical form of libraries,

banks, and schools to new ways to regard virtual villages, this work

rockets architects to the epicenter of cyber-creation. This is a book

that will set designers and architects thinking and a work of

importance to anyone fascinated with the fast-closing space between the

real and the virtual.