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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... complex . For example , if , as is the case with some accounts , the interest rate itself rises as the balance rises , the interest accrued can push up the balance sufficiently to increase the interest rate , producing a sort of ...
... complex . For example , if , as is the case with some accounts , the interest rate itself rises as the balance rises , the interest accrued can push up the balance sufficiently to increase the interest rate , producing a sort of ...
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... complex results . Perhaps thinking is an ' emergent ' property of a very complex machine based on very simple principles . What a wonderful idea . Find the principles , develop a sufficiently complex machine , and out will pop thought ...
... complex results . Perhaps thinking is an ' emergent ' property of a very complex machine based on very simple principles . What a wonderful idea . Find the principles , develop a sufficiently complex machine , and out will pop thought ...
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... complex interactions in the global economy , and it is on this economy that its value ultimately rests . The treasuries of most advanced nations now use mathematical models - usually , because of their complexity , implemented on a ...
... complex interactions in the global economy , and it is on this economy that its value ultimately rests . The treasuries of most advanced nations now use mathematical models - usually , because of their complexity , implemented on a ...
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