Myron W. Krueger's “Videoplace” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 1990, category Interactive Art. Myron W. Krueger has 1 more work in this atlas.
Participants of the interactive “Videoplace” system by Myron Krueger are identified by a real-time video camera. The image is analized as a “shadow” on the graphic screen. Each participant (shadowpeople) can now interact with objects provided by the computer system and other shadow people.
About Myron W. Krueger
Myron Krueger (USA) was born 1942, in Gary, Indiana, and grew up in New Jersey. He earned a B.A. in liberal arts from Dartmout College in 1964. After two years in the army, he went to graduate school in computer science at the University of Wisconsin…
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