The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds-And How It Promises to Transform Society Howard Rheingold Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York Simon & Schuster 1992 en English

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416 pages 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 science - computer NONE 0671778978 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 004.678 RHE Vir 5664 C2O library & collabtive (Non-fiction) 004.678 RHE Vir vir.jpg.jpg 5519 2015-01-15 18:35:37 2017-12-14 22:18:45 machine generated