Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and HyperrealityPenguin Books, 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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... argued that no connection between HIV and the disease had been established , and that there was plenty of evidence that no connection existed ( for example , he said that the presence of HIV antibodies in AIDS sufferers indicated that ...
... argued that no connection between HIV and the disease had been established , and that there was plenty of evidence that no connection existed ( for example , he said that the presence of HIV antibodies in AIDS sufferers indicated that ...
Pagina 226
... argued that it made much more sense of the subatomic realm than the Copenhagen interpretation . If you can swallow the premise , then everything else seems to fall into place . With the EPR ' paradox ' , for example , the measurement of ...
... argued that it made much more sense of the subatomic realm than the Copenhagen interpretation . If you can swallow the premise , then everything else seems to fall into place . With the EPR ' paradox ' , for example , the measurement of ...
Pagina 232
... argued that quantum physics demonstrated the weakness of Western materialism , the danger of iron determinism ... argued that it was a fully fledged scientific theory , one that properly fulfilled Popper's falsifiability condition ...
... argued that quantum physics demonstrated the weakness of Western materialism , the danger of iron determinism ... argued that it was a fully fledged scientific theory , one that properly fulfilled Popper's falsifiability condition ...
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