Author: Francis Hamit Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 504
Book Description
Virtual Reality and the Exploration of Cyberspace is an introduction that covers not only the nuts and bolts of this emerging technology but also seeks to provide context by examining the social, political, and business implications of virtual reality. The two disks include virtual reality shareware and demos.
Author: David Jefferis Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778700470 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 38
Book Description
The digital story from the early days of computers to virtual reality and the world wide web is told in this exciting new book. The life-saving applications of computer simulation in flight, battle and hazardous environments are explored as are computer arts in the fields of film, graphic arts, and games and entertainment.
Author: Peter Anders Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Here is the first integrated approach to the design of virtual environments. Through examples of the pioneering work of designers from all over the world, this innovative guide shows architects, designers, and programmers how to create the landmarks and context of cyberspace--and possibilities in this field for the future. 105 illustrations, 30 in color.
Author: David H. Jonassen Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 0805841458 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 1195
Book Description
This edition of this handbook updates and expands its review of the research, theory, issues and methodology that constitute the field of educational communications and technology. Organized into seven sectors, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this rapidly changing field.
Author: Roy Latham Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1461384435 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 179
Book Description
Superblack, superblock, supercase, superquadric, supersampling, superred, supergreen, and superblue are just a few of the words which make up the language of computer graphics. This new edition of a widely acclaimed dictionary provides a guide to this fast-moving subject for both relative novices and professionals working in the field. The main changes have been to add new terminology relating to virtual reality and the related topics of robotics and networked simulation. This dictionary covers the software, hardware, and applications of computer graphics and contains hundreds of terms not found elsewhere. Definitions are clear and concise, with special attention given to alternate spellings and meanings. Acronyms are decoded, and pronunciation of the seemingly unpronounceable is given, from WYSIWYG (whizzy-wig) to NAPLPS (nap-lips).
Author: Margaret Wertheim Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393320534 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
Cyberspace may seem an unlikely gateway for the soul, but as science commentator Wertheim argues in this "wonderfully provocative" ("Kirkus Reviews") book, cyberspace has in recent years become a repository for immense spiritual yearning. 37 illustrations.
Author: Pierre Lévy Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 9780816636105 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
Needing guidance and seeking insight, the Council of Europe approached Pierre Lévy, one of the world's most important and well-respected theorists of digital culture, for a report on the state (and, frankly, the nature) of cyberspace. The result is this extraordinary document, a perfectly lucid and accessible description of cyberspace-from infrastructure to practical applications-along with an inspired, far-reaching exploration of its ramifications. A window on the digital world for the technologically timid, the book also offers a brilliant vision of the philosophical and social realities and possibilities of cyberspace for the adept and novice alike. In an overview, Lévy discusses the distinguishing features of cyberspace and cyberculture from anthropological, philosophical, cultural, and sociological points of view. An optimist about the future potential of cyberspace, he eloquently argues that technology-and specifically the infrastructure of cyberspace, the Internet-can have a transformative effect on global society. Some of the issues he takes up are new art forms; changes in relationships to knowledge, education, and training; the preservation of linguistic and cultural differences; the emergence and implications of collective intelligence; the problems of social exclusion; and the impact of new technology on the city and democracy in general. In considerable detail, Lévy describes the ways in which cyberspace will help promote the growth of democracy, primarily through the participation of individuals or groups. His analysis is enlivened by his own personal impressions of cyberculture-garnered from bulletin boards, mailing lists, virtual reality demonstrations, andsimulations. Immediate in its details, visionary in its scope, deeply informed yet free of unnecessary technical language, Cyberculture is the book we require in our digital age. --Publisher.
Author: Martin Dodge Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113463899X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 385
Book Description
Mapping Cyberspace is a ground-breaking geographic exploration and critical reading of cyberspace, and information and communication technologies. The book: * provides an understanding of what cyberspace looks like and the social interactions that occur there * explores the impacts of cyberspace, and information and communication technologies, on cultural, political and economic relations * charts the spatial forms of virutal spaces * details empirical research and examines a wide variety of maps and spatialisations of cyberspace and the information society * has a related website at http://www.MappingCyberspace.com. This book will be a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on cyberspace and what it means for the future.
Author: Joshua Hammerman Publisher: Simcha Press ISBN: 9781558748217 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 282
Book Description
thelordismyshepherd.com opens a new and necessary dialogue on the soul of cyberspace. It will change the way people think about their computers, about God, about the future and about the interconnected destiny of humanity in this ever-shrinking world. The author, a noted rabbi and journalist, alternates between analytic and experiential approaches to the subject, escorting the reader on a multi-dimensional quest for spiritual and intellectual growth - a "virtual pilgrimage" if you will. A pilgrimage that travels tens of thousands of miles in a matters of instants, from Jerusalem to Mecca, to Chartres, even to Kosovo, and provides a new means of utilizing the vast power of technology to connect us to God and to transcend the artificial boundaries that separate us.
Author: Francis Hamit
Author: David Jefferis
Author: Peter Anders
Author: David H. Jonassen
Author: Roy Latham
Author: Margaret Wertheim
Author: Pierre Lévy
Author: David Jonassen
Author: Martin Dodge
Author: Joshua Hammerman