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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... described as the dogma of the ' ghost in the machine ' . He wanted to show that the concept of ' mind ' had the same confused relation to the body as the visitor's concept of ' university ' had to the buildings he visited . Calling a ...
... described as the dogma of the ' ghost in the machine ' . He wanted to show that the concept of ' mind ' had the same confused relation to the body as the visitor's concept of ' university ' had to the buildings he visited . Calling a ...
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... described above though , in von Neumann's case , using many more types of pieces and much more complex rules . Using this technique , von Neumann was able , like Turing , to examine the notion of self - reproducing machines by ...
... described above though , in von Neumann's case , using many more types of pieces and much more complex rules . Using this technique , von Neumann was able , like Turing , to examine the notion of self - reproducing machines by ...
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... described a desktop apparatus which he called the ' Memex ' , comprising a slanting translucent screen ' on which ... described by Bush - would probably have been described at the time Bush came up with it as an automated mechanical ...
... described a desktop apparatus which he called the ' Memex ' , comprising a slanting translucent screen ' on which ... described by Bush - would probably have been described at the time Bush came up with it as an automated mechanical ...
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