{"product_id":"dawn-of-the-new-everything-encounters-with-reality-and-virtual-reality","title":"Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality","description":"Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, \u0026amp; Vox\n\nThe father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology\n\nBridging 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.\n\nThrough a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term “virtual reality,” exposes VR’s ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species, and gives readers a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world. An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy and advice, this book 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.\n\nUnderstanding virtual reality as being both a scientific and cultural adventure, Lanier demonstrates it to be a humanistic setting for technology. While his previous books offered a more critical view of social media and other manifestations of technology, in this book he argues that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250097401\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250097401.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lanier, Jaron\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331932389437,"sku":"BVV.1250097401.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250097401-0.jpg?v=1783567697","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dawn-of-the-new-everything-encounters-with-reality-and-virtual-reality","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}