Chapter 25

1977
Myron W. Kruegar

• considered the "father of virtual reality"
• first rejected by and then later accepted by the art community for his innovations which seemed purely technological at the start
• his "aesthetic concerns" were not as easily accepted by the computer world
• believed that "response is the medium"
• meaning is created through interaction with the specific computer system
• technology can be used, not just as a problem solver, but to generate and inspire ideas
• encouraged scientists, artists, engineers to work together

It's true that we still don't often see the connection between technology and aesthetics but I think that we are definitely working towards that goal. There are more and more fields, and types of new media that are incorporating all of these ideas, which we saw very clearly in the exhibits we visited in Chelsea where art, science, and technology come together.