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Virtual Worlds

A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality

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  • 232 páginas
  • 9 horas de lectura

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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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Virtual Worlds, Benjamin Woolley

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1992
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Título
Virtual Worlds
Subtítulo
A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
1992
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
232
ISBN10
0631182144
ISBN13
9780631182146
Serie
Descripción
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.