Dr. Michael Heim

Michael R. Heim wrote several books including The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality (Oxford, 1993), Virtual Realism (Oxford, 1998), and Electric Language: A Philosophical Study of Word Processing (Yale, 1985, 1999). His books have been translated into several languages. He was contributing editor to the award-winning Austrian Zukunftsmagazin ".copy" and during the 1990s, he organized six national conferences in Washington, DC for the Data Processing Management Association. At Art Center College of Design, he pioneered the use of 3D virtual worlds (cyberforum@artcenter), and in 2001, he held the first cross-campus Digital Cultures Fellowship from the University of California. He currently teaches Humanities at the University of California at Irvine. His website is: www.mheim.com.