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Dawn of the new everything : encounters with reality and virtual reality / Jaron Lanier.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Picador/Henry Holt and Company, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250097408
  • 1250097401
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004.092
LOC classification:
  • QA 76.2 L287d 2018
Contents:
Preface: Virtual reality's moment Introduction 1960s: terrors of Eden Rescue spacecraft Batch process Why I love VR (about the basics) Bug in the system (about the dark side of VR) Road Coast Valley of unearthly delights Alien encounters The feeling of immersion To don the new everything (about haptics with a little about avatars) Nautical dawn Six degrees (a little about sensors and VR data) Found Be your own paramidion (about visual displays for VR) The VPL experience Inside-out spheres (a little about VR "video" and sound) Scene How we settled into a seed for the future 1992, out Coda: Reality's foil
Summary: The Microsoft interdisciplinary scientist largely credited with popularizing virtual reality reflects on his lifelong relationship with technology, showing VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and how the brain and body connect to the world.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QA 76.2 L287d 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174474

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Virtual reality's moment
Introduction
1960s: terrors of Eden
Rescue spacecraft
Batch process
Why I love VR (about the basics)
Bug in the system (about the dark side of VR)
Road
Coast
Valley of unearthly delights
Alien encounters
The feeling of immersion
To don the new everything (about haptics with a little about avatars)
Nautical dawn
Six degrees (a little about sensors and VR data)
Found
Be your own paramidion (about visual displays for VR)
The VPL experience
Inside-out spheres (a little about VR "video" and sound)
Scene
How we settled into a seed for the future
1992, out
Coda: Reality's foil

The Microsoft interdisciplinary scientist largely credited with popularizing virtual reality reflects on his lifelong relationship with technology, showing VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and how the brain and body connect to the world.

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