Revenge of the Nerds. An interview with Jaron Lanier

Interview with one of the most visible figures in virtual
technology, which is defined as: 'the link between computers and
perception, emerging from artificial intelligence, scientific
visualization and visual programming languages. Assimilated not
as an object nor an image but as 'experience', virtual reality
extends the idea of experience beyond its empirical relationship
with the material world, on the one hand, and with the wholly
subjective world on the other'. Issues discussed include:
'post-symbolic communication', future developments, it's
industrial future.


Citaten:
Slater, D.: Image Worlds (Ten.8 n.22)
Stewart, D.: Through the Looking Glass (Smithonian XXI, 1991, 10)
Rheingold, H.: Virtual Reality (1991)
Helsel, S.K. / Paris Roth, J.: Virtual Reality (1991)