Virtual Reality
The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society
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Imagine being able to "walk" into your computer and interact with any program you create. It sounds like science fiction, but it's science fact. Surgeons now rehearse operations on computer-generated "virtual" patients, and architects "walk through" virtual buildings while the actual structures are still in blueprints. In Virtual Reality , Howard Rheingold takes us to the front lines of this revolutionary new technology that creates computer-generated worlds complete with the sensations of touch and motion, and explores its impact on everything from entertainment to particle physics.
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Virtual Reality, Howard Rheingold
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- 1992
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- Title
- Virtual Reality
- Subtitle
- The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Howard Rheingold
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0671778978
- ISBN13
- 9780671778972
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- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Computers & Internet, Philosophy, Science, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
- Original title
- Virtual reality
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Imagine being able to "walk" into your computer and interact with any program you create. It sounds like science fiction, but it's science fact. Surgeons now rehearse operations on computer-generated "virtual" patients, and architects "walk through" virtual buildings while the actual structures are still in blueprints. In Virtual Reality , Howard Rheingold takes us to the front lines of this revolutionary new technology that creates computer-generated worlds complete with the sensations of touch and motion, and explores its impact on everything from entertainment to particle physics.