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The Future Of Computing: Cyberspace, Jens G. Pohl
The Future Of Computing: Cyberspace, Jens G. Pohl
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This paper traces trends in the technological advances of computer and communication systems and examines the promises of the Information Society: global information sharing; and, intelligent decision-support. The technological developments that will lead to the realization of Cyberspace, an information rich environment in which virtual reality capabilities couple directly to the human senses, is explored in terms of five essential components: information processing requirements; communication networks; computing devices (i.e., platforms); hardware and software user-interfaces; and, the meaningful representation of information.
Attention is drawn to the critical role played by information representation in a Cyberspace environment. The author argues …