Dawn of the new everything: encounters with reality and virtual reality

摘要

Virtual reality (VR) apps with inexpensive smartphone attachments are widely available today, but what would it have been like to obsess over VR long before it was technologically feasible? It would likely have taken a unique character, and Jaron Lanier certainly fits the bill, as he demonstrates in his latest book. Part autobiography, part technical exposition, and part philosophical reflections, the book describes Lanier's journey from childhood through the founding of the VR startup VPL Research.