Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary

Part I of Essay
Virtual Reality is a book about the virtual reality technology. The technology holds great promise and excitement for both science and entertainment. Rheingold, the author, spends most of the book describing his various experiences with virtual reality. he uses his experi ....

Part II of Essay
.... gun. He gives us a brief history lesson on VR and the computer itself highlighting some of the pioneers like Doug Englebart of ARC(Augmentation Research Center). This is the place that invented the mouse and hypertext. His history lesson included the evolution of the technology used in virtual reality from television screen to the head mounted display to the virtual environment display which used the glove to a laser microscanner to paint images on your retina. He seemed to cover just about every aspect of virtual reality and many of its p ....