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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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 004.092 L287d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 004.092 L287d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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