Virtual Reality: Exploring the Brave New Technologies of Artificial Experience and Interactive.

by Howard Rheingold

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671693638
• ISBN13: 9780671693633
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Summit Books
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Sacred and Scary Reflections on Neo-Biologicial Civilization

First published in 1991, this is a gem that should be one of the first readings of anyone contemplated the sacred and the scary aspects of how humans, machines, and software are being changed by emerging information technologies. While there is a lot of focus on "cool tools" and all the paraphenalia of "virtual reality" qua artificial sensation and perception, the rock bottom foundation of this book can be found in Howard reflections on what it all means for the transformation of humans, business, and society in general.