Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and HyperrealityBenjamin Woolley, 1993 - 274 pagina's In 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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... that 'the metaphysics are inescapable'.9 Technology, he and the subsequent speakers observed, could manipulate reality to the point of being able to create it. Artificialization is no longer just a matter of cultural observation.
... that 'the metaphysics are inescapable'.9 Technology, he and the subsequent speakers observed, could manipulate reality to the point of being able to create it. Artificialization is no longer just a matter of cultural observation.
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... cultural observation or intellectual angst, it had become, well, real. It is for this reason that reality is no longer secure, no longer something we can simply assume to be there. Most people probably now have some idea of what virtual ...
... cultural observation or intellectual angst, it had become, well, real. It is for this reason that reality is no longer secure, no longer something we can simply assume to be there. Most people probably now have some idea of what virtual ...
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... , most contemporary theory, especially that coming from the fields of information technology and cultural criticism, seems in need of a good shave. Some contemporary theorists positively encourage the multiplication of entities. One.
... , most contemporary theory, especially that coming from the fields of information technology and cultural criticism, seems in need of a good shave. Some contemporary theorists positively encourage the multiplication of entities. One.
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... cultural' revolution, but over the subject of the meeting Leary was to attend 32 years later. Before flying out to Europe, Barron had tried some mushrooms he had read about in Life magazine, teonanacatl (psilocybe mexicana), which had a ...
... cultural' revolution, but over the subject of the meeting Leary was to attend 32 years later. Before flying out to Europe, Barron had tried some mushrooms he had read about in Life magazine, teonanacatl (psilocybe mexicana), which had a ...
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... cultural revolt. To an existential transactional psychologist such as Leary, it was all a matter of game-playing anyway; he was simply choosing to play according to a different set of rules. The academic researcher game was being ...
... cultural revolt. To an existential transactional psychologist such as Leary, it was all a matter of game-playing anyway; he was simply choosing to play according to a different set of rules. The academic researcher game was being ...
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