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ID: 309395


Title: Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality


Author: Jaron Lanier


Narrator: Oliver Wyman


Format: Unabridged


Length: 14:20:00


Language: English


Release date: 11-21-17


Publisher: Macmillan Audio


Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Social Science, Computers



Summary:


'[Oliver Wyman] narrates in a reflective tone that fits well with Lanier's mix of recollections, philosophy, and explanations of technology...Lanier takes the listener through VR breakthroughs like Nintendo's Power Glove and delves into the psychology involved in the VR experience.' AudioFile Magazine


In this captivating audiobook, Jaron Lanier The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology


Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility.


Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term virtual reality, exposes VRs ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species, and gives listeners a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world.


An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy and advice, this audiobook tells the wild story of his personal and professional life as a scientist, from his childhood in the UFO territory of New Mexico, to the loss of his mother, the founding of the first start-up, and finally becoming a world-renowned technological guru.


Understanding virtual reality as being both a scientific and cultural adventure, Lanier demonstrates it to be a humanistic setting for technology. While his previous publications offered a more critical view of social media and other manifestations of technology, in this audiobook he argues that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller.



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