{"product_id":"virtual-reality-the-revolutionary-technology-of-computer-generated-artificial-worlds-and-how-it-promises-to-transform-society-paperback","title":"Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds-And How It Promises to Transform Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Rheingold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine 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 \u003ci\u003eVirtual Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Rheingold \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoward Rheingold is author of \u003ci\u003eTools for Thought, Excursions to the Far Side of the Mind, They Have a Word For It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e; coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHigher Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Connection\u003c\/i\u003e; and editor of \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He is multimedia columnist for \u003ci\u003ePublish \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and has been consultant to the US Congress Office of Technology Assessment. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Esquire, Psychology Today, Playboy, The San Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOmni.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 8 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761722130720,"sku":"9780671778972","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e68ec344ab497ab6987a0953ffeef9f6.webp?v=1780211374","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/virtual-reality-the-revolutionary-technology-of-computer-generated-artificial-worlds-and-how-it-promises-to-transform-society-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}