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Dawn of the New Everything
by Jaron Lanier
Lanier's memoir of inventing virtual reality: a strange childhood, New Mexico domes, Silicon Valley's early days, fifty-two definitions of VR. Odd and wonderful.
Read it if…
you want the human story of VR's origins.
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Skip it if…
you want a technical history.
Try instead: The Glass Cage →
Three things you will actually use
- VR is about embodiment.
- Weird childhoods make inventors.
- Technology should expand humanity.
Do this first
Read the chapters on his childhood.
Our verdict
Lanier's memoir.
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