At the Dawn of a New Era

13 hrs. 50 min.

Language Russian

Author Jaron Lanier

Narrator Alexander Slutsky

Description

The history of virtual reality technology and the life story of the scientist who stood at the very beginning of VR are woven together into a single narrative in this book—and not by chance. The author, Jaron Lanier, is perhaps the most unconventional and vivid scientist of our time, one of the first to take steps toward developing and popularizing virtual reality. It is he who has the right to be called the “father” of virtual reality, as the author of this term.

Since the late 1980s, Jaron Lanier has been the most influential scientist in the field of data visualization, and in his autobiographical book he not only shares with readers the story of how he came into the IT industry and how his most interesting discoveries came about, but also reflects on the future of VR technology and the broader tech community.