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The metaphysics of virtual reality / by Michael Heim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heim, Michael, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-computer interaction.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Virtual reality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 175 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An analysis of the increasing presence of computer technology in everyday life. The book focuses on such topics as word processing, hypertext, and the effect of virtual reality on the way we define reality itself.
- Contents:
- Infomania
- Logic and intuition
- Hypertext heaven
- Thought processing
- Heidegger and McLuhan: the computer as component
- From interface to cyberspace
- The erotic ontology of cyberspace
- The essence of VR
- Virtual-reality check
- The electronic cafe lecture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610441822
- 1-60256-002-1
- 0-585-33295-9
- 0-19-985298-7
- 1-280-44182-8
- 0-19-802432-0
- OCLC:
- 476014021
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