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VIRTUAL REALITY
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Contents
Grasping Reality Through Illusion | 13 |
The Experience Theater and the | 49 |
Machines to Think With | 68 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Virtual reality |
| Author | Howard Rheingold |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0436412128, 9780436412127 |
| Length | 415 pages |
| Subjects | › Computers / Cybernetics Computers / Virtual Reality Computers / Virtual Worlds Interactive computer systems Виртуална реалност Кибернетика Наука Технологии |
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