Mirror worlds, or, The day software puts the universe in a shoebox : How it will happen and what it will mean

Imagine looking at your computer screen and seeing reality--an image of your city, for instance, complete with moving traffic patterns, or a picture that sketches the state of an entire corporation at this second. These representations are called Mirror Worlds, and according to David Gelernter they...

全面介紹

Đã lưu trong:
書目詳細資料
格式: 圖書
語言:Undetermined
出版: New York Oxford University Press 1991
主題:
標簽: 添加標簽
沒有標簽, 成為第一個標記此記錄!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
實物特徵
總結:Imagine looking at your computer screen and seeing reality--an image of your city, for instance, complete with moving traffic patterns, or a picture that sketches the state of an entire corporation at this second. These representations are called Mirror Worlds, and according to David Gelernter they will soon be available to everyone. Mirror Worlds are high-tech voodoo dolls: by interacting with the images, you interact with reality. Indeed, Mirror Worlds will revolutionize the use of computers, transforming them from (mere) handy tools to crystal balls which will allow us to see the world more vividly and see into it more deeply.