{"product_id":"virtual-reality-the-revolutionary-technology-of-computer-generated-artificial-worlds-and-how-it-promises-to-transform-society-9780671778972","title":"Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds-And How It Promises to Transform Society","description":"Imagine 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Rheingold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 6.32w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671778972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40589022658675,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b63ec579-09c9-447e-882c-2a0009fc6d4c.jpg?v=1668781870","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/virtual-reality-the-revolutionary-technology-of-computer-generated-artificial-worlds-and-how-it-promises-to-transform-society-9780671778972","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}