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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784728303321

Autore

Gelernter David Hillel

Titolo

Mirror worlds, or, The day software puts the universe in a shoebox... : how it will happen and what it will mean / / David Gelernter [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-756037-7

1-280-52647-5

9786610526475

0-19-534485-5

1-4294-0698-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

005

005.3

Soggetti

Virtual reality

Interactive computer systems

Virtual reality - Social aspects

Interactive computer systems - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Figures; Prologue; 1 Mirror Worlds?; 2 The Orb; 3 Disembodied Machines; 4 Space, Time and Multi-time; 5 The Deluge; 6 Simple Mind Machines; 7 Building Mirror Worlds; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

David Gelernter explains how 'mirror worlds' programming can be structured and used based on current and presently developing computer components and technology.