Lanier, Jaron,   1960- <br/><br/>
Dawn of the new everything :  encounters with reality and virtual reality / 
Jaron Lanier. 
 - First edition. 
 - xiii, 351 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface: Virtual reality's moment<br/>Introduction<br/>1960s: terrors of Eden<br/>Rescue spacecraft<br/>Batch process<br/>Why I love VR (about the basics)<br/>Bug in the system (about the dark side of VR)<br/>Road<br/>Coast<br/>Valley of unearthly delights<br/>Alien encounters<br/>The feeling of immersion<br/>To don the new everything (about haptics with a little about avatars)<br/>Nautical dawn<br/>Six degrees (a little about sensors and VR data)<br/>Found<br/>Be your own paramidion (about visual displays for VR)<br/>The VPL experience<br/>Inside-out spheres (a little about VR "video" and sound)<br/>Scene<br/>How we settled into a seed for the future<br/>1992, out<br/>Coda: Reality's foil 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250097408 1250097401 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017010792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lanier, Jaron,  1960- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer scientists--United States--Biography.<br/>Informáticos --Biografías <br/>Virtual reality--Philosophy.<br/>Realidad virtual --Filosofía <br/>Virtual reality--Social aspects.<br/>Realidad virtual --Aspectos sociales 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 76.2  / L287d 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.092