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Author Heim, Michael, 1944-

Title The metaphysics of virtual reality / Michael Heim
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description xxiii, 175 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Infomania -- 2. Logic and Intuition -- 3. Hypertext Heaven -- 4. Thought Processing -- 5. Heidegger and McLuhan: The Computer as Component -- 6. From Interface to Cyberspace -- 7. The Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace -- 8. The Essence of VR -- 9. Virtual-Reality Check -- 10. The Electronic Cafe Lecture -- Useful Vocabulary for the Metaphysics of Virtual Reality
Summary Heim examines, among other things, how our perception of the world will change as we move in and out of a computer-generated world
Analysis Simulations Use of Computers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-171) and index
Subject Human-computer interaction.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Virtual reality.
LC no. 92036924
ISBN 0195081781 (acid-free paper)