TY - BOOK AU - Rheingold,Howard TI - Virtual reality SN - 0671693638 AV - Q183 .9R34 1991 PY - 1992///, c1991 CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Science KW - Computer simulation KW - Technology KW - Cybernetics KW - Virtual reality N1 - "A Touchstone book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-399) and index; Grasping reality through illusion -- Experience theater and the art of binocular illusion -- Machines to think with -- Threshold of virtual exploration -- Entering cyberspace -- Blastoff at NASA -- Birth of the VR business -- Cyberspace and serious business -- Reality on your retina -- Cool gadgets and industrial policies -- "Visual, intelligent, and personal" -- Out of the body -- Origins of drama and the future of fun -- Feel of things -- Homebrew VR -- Teledildonics and beyond -- Cyberspace and human nature ER -