Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality - Jaron Lanier Audiobook

Written by Jaron Lanier
Read by Oliver Wyman
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 11-21-17

Publisher’s Summary

In this captivating audiobook, Jaron Lanier - the father of virtual reality - explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology

Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility.

Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term virtual reality, exposes VR’s ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and gives listeners a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world. An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy, and advice, this audiobook tells the wild story of his personal and professional life as a scientist, from his childhood in the UFO territory of New Mexico to the loss of his mother, the founding of the first start-up, and finally becoming a world-renowned technological guru.

Understanding virtual reality as being both a scientific and a cultural adventure, Lanier demonstrates it to be a humanistic setting for technology. While his previous publications offered a more critical view of social media and other manifestations of technology, in this audiobook he argues that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller.
©2017 Jaron Lanier (P)2017 Macmillan Audio
Critic Reviews

“[Oliver Wyman] narrates in a reflective tone that fits well with Lanier’s mix of recollections, philosophy, and explanations of technology…Lanier takes the listener through VR breakthroughs like Nintendo’s Power Glove and delves into the psychology involved in the VR experience.” (AudioFile Magazine)