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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... virus'.6 An unspecified source had told him of the spread of a particularly dangerous computer virus, variously called 'October 12', 'Datacrime' and 'Columbus Day ... virus is extraordinarily like a biological one. A biological virus is a.
... virus'.6 An unspecified source had told him of the spread of a particularly dangerous computer virus, variously called 'October 12', 'Datacrime' and 'Columbus Day ... virus is extraordinarily like a biological one. A biological virus is a.
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... virus is a small strand of genetic code that uses the host organism's replicating mechanism to produce copies of itself, which are then spread to other host organisms via whatever medium they are able to use — say, the exchange of body ...
... virus is a small strand of genetic code that uses the host organism's replicating mechanism to produce copies of itself, which are then spread to other host organisms via whatever medium they are able to use — say, the exchange of body ...
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... virus capable of efficient reproduction in such an environment genuinely threatened widespread damage. But not that much damage. Because the story had such mythical potency, the technical threat of the computer virus was wildly ...
... virus capable of efficient reproduction in such an environment genuinely threatened widespread damage. But not that much damage. Because the story had such mythical potency, the technical threat of the computer virus was wildly ...
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... virus that fits in exactly with the genotype/phenotype model. The virus program can be thought of as the genotype, and the effect it has on the computer when it is executed can be thought of as the phenotypic expression. The program ...
... virus that fits in exactly with the genotype/phenotype model. The virus program can be thought of as the genotype, and the effect it has on the computer when it is executed can be thought of as the phenotypic expression. The program ...
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... virus's spread. This does not mean that viruses would turn computer users into mindless servants, any more than biological viruses that use us, as they surely do, to spread, have turned us into mindless servants. The point is that ...
... virus's spread. This does not mean that viruses would turn computer users into mindless servants, any more than biological viruses that use us, as they surely do, to spread, have turned us into mindless servants. The point is that ...
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