Mirror Worlds: Or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean/304506 - Couverture rigide

Gelernter, David Hillel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195068122 ISBN 13 : 9780195068122

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1991

Synopsis

This study takes the reader on a tour of the computer technology of the future - particularly the ability to use computers to mirror virtual reality. These images of reality depicted on computer screens, known as mirror worlds, will allow users to explore concepts in unprecedented detail.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this fascinating book - part speculation, part explanation, Gelernter takes us on a tour of the computer technology of the near future. Mirror Worlds, he contends, will allow us to explore the world in unprecedented depth and detail without ever changing out of our pyjamas! Gelernter does much more than just speculate about how this amazing new software will be used - he shows us how it will be made, explaining carefully and in detail how to build a mirror world using technology already available. Mirror Worlds offers a lucid and humanistic account of the coming software revolution, told by a computer scientist at the cutting edge of his field.

Revue de presse

'This is a fascinating book, and important from the point of view of thinking about the future of software. It's also very easy to read, being written in a conversational style, not American academic jargon.' The Guardian

'most unusual and perhaps most speculative' Clifford A. Pickover, Nature

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195068122
• ISBN 13: 9780195068122
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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