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Lanier, Jaron.
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Lanier, Jaron.
Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Virtual reality -- Philosophy.
Virtual reality -- Social aspects.
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Lanier, Jaron.
Lanier, Jaron.
Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Virtual reality -- Philosophy.
Virtual reality -- Social aspects.
MARC Display
Dawn
of the
new
everything
:
encounters
with
reality
and
virtual
reality
/ Jaron Lanier.
by
Lanier, Jaron.
Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Call #:
004.092 L287d
Subjects
Lanier, Jaron.
Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Virtual
reality
-- Philosophy.
Virtual
reality
-- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9781627794091 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition
Description:
xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 father of
virtual
reality
explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology. A look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility. Interdisciplinary scientist John Lanier presents a fascinating look back over his life in technology and exposes VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species, giving readers a
new
perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world. An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy and advice, this book tells the wild story of his personal and professional life as a scientist, from his childhood in the UFO territory of
New
Mexico, to the loss of his mother, the founding of the first start-up, and finally becoming a technological guru. He argues that
virtual
reality
can actually make our lives richer and fuller. Jaron Lanier is the author of Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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