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) |
|