human-computer interaction

Explores the dramatic ways technology alters social lives, looking at both the connectivity and isolation that these tools bring, and examines what people want in electronic companions and social networking tools, and the sacrifices that are made by using them.

Discusses the history, present uses, and future of the technology of virtual reality.

Two frightened navigators, three frozen hibernauts, and a talkative copmuter named Hal ride on the spacecraft Discovery, hoping to unravel the mystery of a crystal monolith left on the moon by alien intelligence.

Describes the use of virtural reality as it now exists and as it will be in the near future.

Discusses in general terms the computer technology involved in virtual reality, and looks at the work being done by scientists at the University of North Carolina.

Discusses the technical development of virtual reality and explains its present uses and future possibilities.

The spacecraft Discovery journeys to the outer edge of the solar system, and two navigators become uneasy when Hal, the craft's talking computer system, demonstrates unusual behavior.

The spacecraft Discovery journeys to the outer edge of the solar system, and two navigators become uneasy when Hal, the craft's talking computer system, demonstrates unusual behavior.

An overview of virtual reality that discusses the technology's history, tools, techniques, and possibilities.