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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... Leary's father eventually inherited , all he got was a few thousand dollars . In 1934 , he gave some money to his wife , a little to his son , and disappeared for ever . Leary described his father as a ' model of the loner , a disdainer ...
... Leary's father eventually inherited , all he got was a few thousand dollars . In 1934 , he gave some money to his wife , a little to his son , and disappeared for ever . Leary described his father as a ' model of the loner , a disdainer ...
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... Leary was to embark on the experiments that were to turn him into one of the key figures of the 1960s . Using psilocybin , the narcotic ingredient of the Mexican mushrooms , Leary , together with Barron , embarked on a series of ...
... Leary was to embark on the experiments that were to turn him into one of the key figures of the 1960s . Using psilocybin , the narcotic ingredient of the Mexican mushrooms , Leary , together with Barron , embarked on a series of ...
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... Leary proposed a ' fifth freedom ' : the freedom to do whatever one wished with one's consciousness . He even proposed an amendment to the constitution preventing Congress from passing any law that would limit the individual's right to ...
... Leary proposed a ' fifth freedom ' : the freedom to do whatever one wished with one's consciousness . He even proposed an amendment to the constitution preventing Congress from passing any law that would limit the individual's right to ...
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