NYC Media Lab Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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The NYU Tandon NYC Media Lab connects digital media & tech companies with NYC universities to explore emerging technologies.

4 books

Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind

George Makari

NYC Media Lab

Soul Machines is just one of the companies aiming to fill future metaverses with autonomous NPCs that realistically—and somewhat creepily—respond and react to human interactions. Dive deeper in our latest #DataDownload: https://bit.ly/3w47FC5 https://t.co/FacVRDmeKd

Paperback, 2016

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

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Narinderpal Singh Dhillon

NYC Media Lab

Snap is betting directly on hardware and developers to build an #AR future that enables users to perceive and render digital experiences directly into the real world. More in our latest #DataDownload: https://www.nycmedialab.org/datadownload/is-the-metaverse-the-final-frontier https://t.co/ePSfk0H6SD

Paperback, 2018

$19.91$9.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

NYC Media Lab

The origins of the metaverse have nothing to do with any social media or tech platform, but were coined in the 1992 novel “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson. Read more in our latest #InnovationMonitor: https://t.co/NCCKXepgDm https://t.co/reAgOKrrKr

Paperback, 2000

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

David J. Chalmers

NYC Media Lab

Reality+ David Chalmers Book Talk https://t.co/O9tug52HMJ

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book