Word: siggraph
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here at the annual SIGGRAPH computer-graphics show in Dallas, I'm having my first hands-on encounter with the technological phenomenon known variously as cyberspace, artificial reality or, in a phrase borrowed from computerese, virtual reality. It relies on the techniques of interactive computer graphics to create the illusion of navigating through exotic locations that seem as "real" as those of the real world. The scene I'm exploring was created by the University of Washington's human-interface-technology lab to run on hardware made by VPL Research, a tiny firm in Redwood City, Calif., that...
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