Title & Author:

Cyberspace : first steps edited by Michael Benedikt

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press ©1991

Description:

VIII, 436 s. illustrations

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Academy leader -- Old rituals for new space -- Mind is a leaking rainbow -- The erotic onthology of cyberspace -- Will the real body please stand up -- Cyberspace -- Liquid architecture in cyberspace -- Giving meaning to place -- The lessons of Lucasfilm's habitat -- Collaborative engines for multiparticipant cyberspaces -- Notes on the structure of cyberspace and the ballistic actors model -- Virtual words -- Corporate virtual workspace -- Making reality

Summary:

Focuses on the theoretical and conceptual issues involved in the design, use and effects of virtual environments, offering fictions, predictions and proposals. Contributors also discuss the philosophical basis and communication principles for cyberspace ("virtual reality").

ISBN:

0262521776 (h.)
9780262521772 (h.)
026202327X
9780262023276

Subject:

Space and time.
Cybernetics.
Artificial intelligence.
Metaphysics.
First philosophy.
Artificial Intelligence
Espace et temps.
Cybernétique.
Intelligence artificielle.
Métaphysique.
cybernetics.
artificial intelligence.
metaphysics.
Futurismus
Welt
Ruimte (algemeen)
Tijd.
Cybernetica.
Rom og tid.
Cyberspace
virtuell
virkelighet
realitet
kybernetikk
kunstig-intelligens
metafysikk
virtual
reality
kunstig
intelligens

Added entries:

Benedikt, Michael

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223204
Call No.: QC173.59.S65 C9 1991
Status: Available