Authoritative, Easy-to-Understand Virtual Reality Guide Now Updated

With up-to-the-minute information on Pentium-based VR systems

BLUE RIDGE, SUMMIT, PA--For virtual reality enthusiasts and professionals,
there is no better, more thorough examination of the technology than the
one provided in the book, Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass,
2nd Edition. Now updated, this comprehensive, highly readable guide
includes new information on cutting-edge VR applications, Pentium-based VR
systems, and advances in research and development. Readers also will find
details on how they can build their own PC-based VR machines.

Like the critically acclaimed previous edition, this volume provides an
informative, refreshingly friendly overview of virtual reality, including
in-depth coverage of:

* What VR is and how it works
* How personal VR systems are constructed
* How 3-D goggles, data gloves, and sound recognition devices
  operate
* The cultural and ethical questions posed by VR
* VR's potential impact on education, business, medicine,
  entertainment, art, and science
* What lies ahead in personal computer VR technology

VR insiders Ken Pimentel and Kevin Teixeira have crafted a truly unique
book, filled with the largest selection of VR-related illustrations and
pictures in any book. They have also included sample source code, and
comprehensive VR company and product resource lists.

About the authors:

Ken Pimentel (Sausilito, California), who developed one of the first
PC-based VR systems, is a vice president of Sense8, Kevin Teixeira (San
Jose, California) manages Intel's VR program.

Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass, 2nd Edition
Ken Pimentel and Kevin Teixeira
Paper $24.95 ISBN 0-07-050168-8
Hard  $36.95 ISBN 0-07-050167-X
Publication Date: December 1994
416 pp., 136 illus., 7 x 10

Available in bookstores or from the publisher (1-800-822-8158)

Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850
1-800-233-1128,  FAX 800-932-0183

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