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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... perhaps , some may regard it as a peculiar subject for any sort of analysis : it is a given , a fact of life , and best left hidden behind the curtain of unconsciousness . To extend ( but I hope not exhaust ) the breathing metaphor ...
... perhaps , some may regard it as a peculiar subject for any sort of analysis : it is a given , a fact of life , and best left hidden behind the curtain of unconsciousness . To extend ( but I hope not exhaust ) the breathing metaphor ...
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... Perhaps even more remarkable than this order is the fact that it seems to be mathematical . As noted earlier , Galileo regarded the book ... perhaps they are computable . Perhaps everything is in some mathematical relation Computability 77.
... Perhaps even more remarkable than this order is the fact that it seems to be mathematical . As noted earlier , Galileo regarded the book ... perhaps they are computable . Perhaps everything is in some mathematical relation Computability 77.
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... perhaps , annotations about the latest news on the development of the Xanadu server program and clips from a TV chat show in which Nelson talks about his next project . At no moment will the file be closed on this text - though , perhaps ...
... perhaps , annotations about the latest news on the development of the Xanadu server program and clips from a TV chat show in which Nelson talks about his next project . At no moment will the file be closed on this text - though , perhaps ...
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