Terminal Time is described as a history engine that combines mass participation, real-time documentary graphics, and artificial intelligence to deliver the history that viewers deserve. Terminal time oscillates between the modes of presentation and participation. With Terminal time, we always bring our sets of beliefs and prejudices. The book discusses the example of World Wide Web, which makes the designers aware of the need to consider cultural as well as work contexts because it reaches into several cultures throughout the industrialized world. Art Gallery, when viewed as a whole is designed to offer an experience - part of and yet distinct from the experience offered by the rest of the SUGGRAPH conference discussed in the book. The use of colors, lights, shapes, banners etc., at the gallery make it an engaging experience for its visitors. Digital art is about performance. As users we perform the design, just as we would a musical instrument. (pg. 147). Even digital designs like other media oscillate between transparency and reflection. Even creation of any interface requires it be reflective as well as transparent. Structurists are against the concept of having too many graphics or reflective interface. But, designers consider that the website should offer high quality content as well as compelling experience to its users/viewers.
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