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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... became possible not simply because the hardware became more powerful ; it was the result of the development of sophisticated programs called ' operating systems ' that automated a lot of the administrative tasks of running the computer ...
... became possible not simply because the hardware became more powerful ; it was the result of the development of sophisticated programs called ' operating systems ' that automated a lot of the administrative tasks of running the computer ...
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... became the heroes of the new technological front , though the types that were most heavily deployed were the dumb sort , disgorged from the bellies of B52s on Iraq's entrenched troops . BBC Television's correspondent in Baghdad , John ...
... became the heroes of the new technological front , though the types that were most heavily deployed were the dumb sort , disgorged from the bellies of B52s on Iraq's entrenched troops . BBC Television's correspondent in Baghdad , John ...
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... became impossible as the range of artillery and radio communications widened the field of operations . Instead , new systems had to be deployed ; guns were fitted with telescopic sights , aeroplanes with cameras , before they were ...
... became impossible as the range of artillery and radio communications widened the field of operations . Instead , new systems had to be deployed ; guns were fitted with telescopic sights , aeroplanes with cameras , before they were ...
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