The Visionary Position: The Inside Story of the Digital Dreamers who are Making Virtual Reality a Reality"A writer's worm's-eye view of an industry coming into being provides the reader a unique perspective on just why America is the world's capital of progress and innovation. Fred Moody spent a year tracking developments at the center for virtual-reality research, a cluster of Seattle companies formed around the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Laboratory, and in The Visionary Position he chronicles the birth of an industry."--Jacket. |
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... Melville kept building both his body of knowledge and his collection of what looked like junk to the uninitiated , but what he rather grandiosely called " resources . " In 1992 , Melville's wife , Julie , tired of living in California ...
... Melville kept building both his body of knowledge and his collection of what looked like junk to the uninitiated , but what he rather grandiosely called " resources . " In 1992 , Melville's wife , Julie , tired of living in California ...
Page 109
... Melville's microscope , it looks like a massive , complex piece of machinery , all bolts and blocks and coils and wires . The parts in this dynamo were so small that Melville spent al- most as much time making tools to build it as he ...
... Melville's microscope , it looks like a massive , complex piece of machinery , all bolts and blocks and coils and wires . The parts in this dynamo were so small that Melville spent al- most as much time making tools to build it as he ...
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... Melville's work . And Furness constantly reminded Melville that he was essentially going to work for an enemy by telling him , only half jokingly , that he - Furness - was sending Melville on a “ mission , " in the Mormon sense of the ...
... Melville's work . And Furness constantly reminded Melville that he was essentially going to work for an enemy by telling him , only half jokingly , that he - Furness - was sending Melville on a “ mission , " in the Mormon sense of the ...
Contents
Promises Promises | 3 |
The Road to Damascus | 12 |
VR Winter | 30 |
Copyright | |
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