Description: Further DetailsTitle: Dawn of the New EverythingCondition: NewDescription: Named a Best Book of the Year by the Economist, Wall Street Journal & Vox‘The father of virtual reality’ (Sunday Times) explains why virtual reality presents the ultimate test for humanity.‘Essential reading, not just for VR-watchers but for anyone interested in how society came to be how it is, and what it might yet become’ EconomistWelcome to a mind-expanding, life-enhancing, world-changing adventure.Virtual reality has long been one of the dominant clichés of science fiction. Now virtual reality is a reality: from the startling beauty of lifelike video games to the place where war veterans overcome PTSD, surgeries are trialled, and aircraft and cities are designed. VR is, in fact now, the most effective device ever invented for researching what a human being actually is – and how we think and feel. More than thirty years ago, legendary computer scientist, visionary and artist Jaron Lanier pioneered its invention. Here he blends scientific investigation, philosophical thought experiment and his memoir of a life lived at the centre of digital innovation to explain what VR really is: the science of comprehensive illusion; the extension of the intimate magic of earliest childhood into adulthood; a hint of what life would be like without any limits. We are standing on the threshold of an entirely new realm of human creativity, expression, communication and experience, and as we use VR to test our relationship with reality, it may test us in return.‘Vivid and absolutely extraordinary’ Evening StandardAuthor: Jaron LanierCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBEAN: 9781784701536Format: PaperbackGenre: Computing & InternetISBN: 9781784701536ISBN-10: 178470153XItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Weight: 255gItem Width: 22mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: VintageRelease Date: 09/06/2018Subtitle: A Journey Through Virtual RealityTopic: Science Nature & Math, Biography, Arts & Photography, Technology & EngineeringRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Author: Jaron Lanier
Book Title: Dawn of the New Everything
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
EAN: 9781784701536
Format: Paperback
Genre: Computing & Internet
ISBN: 9781784701536
ISBN-10: 178470153X
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Weight: 255g
Item Width: 22mm
Language: English
Publication Name: Dawn of the New Everything
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: 09/06/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: A Journey Through Virtual Reality
Title: Dawn of the New Everything
Topic: Technology & Engineering
