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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... feeling of uncertainty as to exactly what we can believe that makes any secure , unexamined notion of reality increasingly troublesome . How is it possible to hold a clear view of the distinction between reality and fantasy when the ...
... feeling of uncertainty as to exactly what we can believe that makes any secure , unexamined notion of reality increasingly troublesome . How is it possible to hold a clear view of the distinction between reality and fantasy when the ...
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A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality Benjamin Woolley. the feelings that result from touching it . Furthermore , tracking devices attached to the body monitor its movements , so , as the user moves , so what he or she sees and feels is ...
A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality Benjamin Woolley. the feelings that result from touching it . Furthermore , tracking devices attached to the body monitor its movements , so , as the user moves , so what he or she sees and feels is ...
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... feeling homesick for Disneyland , where the wild animals don't have to be coaxed ' . Just as the industrial revolution produced a mass migration from farm to factory , the postindustrial revolution seems to be producing a mass migration ...
... feeling homesick for Disneyland , where the wild animals don't have to be coaxed ' . Just as the industrial revolution produced a mass migration from farm to factory , the postindustrial revolution seems to be producing a mass migration ...
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