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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... given to the Congress in 1941 , the great liberal president Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four freedoms that he saw as fundamental to all human affairs : freedom of speech and expression , freedom of worship , freedom from want ...
... given to the Congress in 1941 , the great liberal president Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four freedoms that he saw as fundamental to all human affairs : freedom of speech and expression , freedom of worship , freedom from want ...
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... given the necessary ' inputs ' , or starting values ( in this case , the change in pressure ) . The term algorithm ... given period produced by a given interest rate . If the interest rate is , say , 10 per cent a year , that means that ...
... given the necessary ' inputs ' , or starting values ( in this case , the change in pressure ) . The term algorithm ... given period produced by a given interest rate . If the interest rate is , say , 10 per cent a year , that means that ...
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... given period of time . The only ' inputs ' that must be given to produce an ' output ' , a result , is the current balance , the interest rate and the length of the period . Such a formula can be quite complex . For example , if , as is ...
... given period of time . The only ' inputs ' that must be given to produce an ' output ' , a result , is the current balance , the interest rate and the length of the period . Such a formula can be quite complex . For example , if , as is ...
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