From: Roy_W_Latham@cup.portal.com
Subject: Re: PUB: Virtual Reality and the Exploration of Cyberspac
Date: Mon,  2 Aug 93 12:18:51 PDT



My take on the Hamit book is quite different from this review by
Daniel Duncan. Rather than making technology understandable, I think
it largely avoids technology. It is a book about the personalities and
development travails, and about the potential impact on society. Which
is fine, if that is what you are interested in. It is like a book on
baseball that talks about player's personalities and contracts, the
mysteries and attractions of the game, etc. But nothing about how to
hit a curve ball.  A fine book for a mass audience, and also for VR
groupies, but not for technology-oriented interests.

Roy Latham