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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... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 EUPHORIA 2 SIMULATION 3 VIRTUALITY 4 COMPUTABILITY 5 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 6 CYBERSPACE 7 INTERFACE 8 HYPERTEXT 9 FICTION 10 HYPERREALITY 11 REALITY 12 DISCOVERY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. CONTENTS. Contents.
... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 EUPHORIA 2 SIMULATION 3 VIRTUALITY 4 COMPUTABILITY 5 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 6 CYBERSPACE 7 INTERFACE 8 HYPERTEXT 9 FICTION 10 HYPERREALITY 11 REALITY 12 DISCOVERY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. CONTENTS. Contents.
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... reality when it is possible to make fat that is not fat, when the fake becomes indistinguishable from — even more authentic than — the original, when computers can create synthetic worlds that are more realistic than the real world ...
... reality when it is possible to make fat that is not fat, when the fake becomes indistinguishable from — even more authentic than — the original, when computers can create synthetic worlds that are more realistic than the real world ...
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... reality. Few of us think about 'reality' much — those of us who intend to write books about it have to keep reminding ourselves that we are rare exceptions. It is, perhaps, the conceptual equivalent of unconscious motor functions such ...
... reality. Few of us think about 'reality' much — those of us who intend to write books about it have to keep reminding ourselves that we are rare exceptions. It is, perhaps, the conceptual equivalent of unconscious motor functions such ...
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... reality increasingly troublesome. How is it possible to hold a clear view of the distinction between reality and fantasy when the unreal is continually being realized? There has never been a totally secure view of reality, certainly not ...
... reality increasingly troublesome. How is it possible to hold a clear view of the distinction between reality and fantasy when the unreal is continually being realized? There has never been a totally secure view of reality, certainly not ...
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A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality Benjamin Woolley. replace it with one of our own making. But equally the industrial era has been about the discovery of reality. The ability to manipulate nature, to turn its operation to our own ends ...
A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality Benjamin Woolley. replace it with one of our own making. But equally the industrial era has been about the discovery of reality. The ability to manipulate nature, to turn its operation to our own ends ...
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