Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and HyperrealityIn Virtual Worlds, Benjamin Woolley examines the reality of virtual reality. He looks at the dramatic intellectual and cultural upheavals that gave birth to it, the hype that surrounds it, the people who have promoted it, and the dramatic implications of its development. Virtual reality is not simply a technology, it is a way of thinking created and promoted by a group of technologists and thinkers that sees itself as creating our future. Virtual Worlds reveals the politics and culture of these virtual realists, and examines whether they are creating reality, or losing their grasp of it. 12 photographs. |
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... London. In an artificial world, there is no need for Lenin's material substance any more than there is a need for the great materialist state he founded. It is, perhaps, a fitting symbol of the triumph of the land of dreams over the ...
... London. In an artificial world, there is no need for Lenin's material substance any more than there is a need for the great materialist state he founded. It is, perhaps, a fitting symbol of the triumph of the land of dreams over the ...
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... London: Heinemann, 1976. 7 David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989, 262. 8 Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyperreality, London: Picador, 1987, p. 126. 9 Meckler, 'Virtual reality 91', Conference Forum, London ...
... London: Heinemann, 1976. 7 David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989, 262. 8 Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyperreality, London: Picador, 1987, p. 126. 9 Meckler, 'Virtual reality 91', Conference Forum, London ...
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... London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. 12 Roland Barthes, Mythologies, London: Paladin, 1973, p. 11. 13 Ibid., p. 130. EUPHORIA 'I think this is one of the most important.
... London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. 12 Roland Barthes, Mythologies, London: Paladin, 1973, p. 11. 13 Ibid., p. 130. EUPHORIA 'I think this is one of the most important.
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... London: Unwin, 1986, p. 261. 2 Andrew Pollack, 'What is artificial reality? Wear a computer and see', New York Times, 10 April, 1989, p. 1. 3 Jay Stevens, Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream, London: Grafton, p. 180. 1980. 4 ...
... London: Unwin, 1986, p. 261. 2 Andrew Pollack, 'What is artificial reality? Wear a computer and see', New York Times, 10 April, 1989, p. 1. 3 Jay Stevens, Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream, London: Grafton, p. 180. 1980. 4 ...
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... London: Macmillan, 1987, p. 59. 3 Alan Turing, 'On computable numbers with an application to the entscheidungs problem', Proceedings London Mathematical Society, July 1937, 42, pp. 230-65. 4 Pierre Simon Laplace, Essai sur les ...
... London: Macmillan, 1987, p. 59. 3 Alan Turing, 'On computable numbers with an application to the entscheidungs problem', Proceedings London Mathematical Society, July 1937, 42, pp. 230-65. 4 Pierre Simon Laplace, Essai sur les ...
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