Virtual Realism by Michael Heim

Virtual Realism



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Virtual Realism Michael Heim
Language: English
Page: 264
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0195138740, 9781423760689
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What's commonly described as "virtual reality" or "VR" is a pale imitation of the real thing according to Michael Heim. But the real thing, he declares, is fast approaching. We'll soon be able to totally immerse ourselves in detail-rich, highly interactive artificial worlds. This scares some, but Heim explores our ability to merge VR capabilities into the human experience in very positive ways--without falling prey to technological pollyannaism. Virtual Realism offers a fascinating exploration of the technological and artistic sides of VR and offers some exciting challenges to old assumptions about where nature ends and cyberspace begins.
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"A pleasant, easily readable account of several applications of computer technology to create experiential art and one or two useful tools."--The Washington Post Book World


"Heim's views on technology are far removed from the routine rhetoric of cyberhype. With one foot in the book-crammed world of the humanist scholar and the other in the factories of the future, his ideas are always sensitive to both the euphoria and the anxiety which new technologies engender. Above all, his approach is pragmatic: accepting our technological fate and examining different ways to absorb its impact."--Mark Nixon, Twenty First Century


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