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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... movement . It was not that the movement set out to exclude anyone - most of its members were only too pleased to welcome newcomers it was that it had defined the term and so had by default become the custodian of the sacred scrolls ...
... movement . It was not that the movement set out to exclude anyone - most of its members were only too pleased to welcome newcomers it was that it had defined the term and so had by default become the custodian of the sacred scrolls ...
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... movement , instrumentation , controls - is realistically reproduced . But it is harder to understand why they were there in the first place . As far back as 1917 , designs for trainers included propellers and aerodynamic bodywork . Did ...
... movement , instrumentation , controls - is realistically reproduced . But it is harder to understand why they were there in the first place . As far back as 1917 , designs for trainers included propellers and aerodynamic bodywork . Did ...
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... movement of the planets . Being so well acquainted with the idea of laws of nature , we can have difficulties appreciating what a stroke of luck or genius their formulation has been . There is no reason why we should assume that the ...
... movement of the planets . Being so well acquainted with the idea of laws of nature , we can have difficulties appreciating what a stroke of luck or genius their formulation has been . There is no reason why we should assume that the ...
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