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 Timothy Leary as 'the most dangerous man in the world'. Dangerous or not, he is one of the most beguiling men in the world, a notorious, fabulous shaman, showman, huckster, hawker, thinker, doer. His SIGGRAPH talk honoured his ...
... described Timothy Leary as 'the most dangerous man in the world'. Dangerous or not, he is one of the most beguiling men in the world, a notorious, fabulous shaman, showman, huckster, hawker, thinker, doer. His SIGGRAPH talk honoured his ...
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... described its unashamedly political mission: "Revolution" is an overvalued word these days, especially around new technology, most especially around computer technology. For the coming of personal computers, however, it's the right word ...
... described its unashamedly political mission: "Revolution" is an overvalued word these days, especially around new technology, most especially around computer technology. For the coming of personal computers, however, it's the right word ...
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... Described by Nelson as 'The computer fan's computer company', the highest possible accolade, DEC was praised for building small computers and supplying them with full documentation. The company was also praised for building computers ...
... Described by Nelson as 'The computer fan's computer company', the highest possible accolade, DEC was praised for building small computers and supplying them with full documentation. The company was also praised for building computers ...
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... described Gibson as 'Most valuable performing philosopher', the writer of 'the underlying myth, the core legend, of the next stage of human evolution'.18 Gibson, however, was unsure that cyberspace had been adopted by the virtual ...
... described Gibson as 'Most valuable performing philosopher', the writer of 'the underlying myth, the core legend, of the next stage of human evolution'.18 Gibson, however, was unsure that cyberspace had been adopted by the virtual ...
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... the feedback forces felt through the joystick and pedals. The result was a highly specialized version of the 'ultimate' display that Sutherland described in 1965. Sutherland's great imaginative leap in his 1965 paper was to.
... the feedback forces felt through the joystick and pedals. The result was a highly specialized version of the 'ultimate' display that Sutherland described in 1965. Sutherland's great imaginative leap in his 1965 paper was to.
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