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PERSONAL SIMULATOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

A personal computer equipped with artificial feedback devices and virtual interfaces.

OBS

The simulator is a tool for learning how to operate something whereas the modeling is a tool for understanding how something operates. It all depends whether you manipulate a computer model in order to experience it from the inside or observe it from outside.

CONT

Together, immersion and navigation constitute the elements of a "personal simulator".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
OBS

Voir ordinateur personnel, ordinateur RV.

CONT

Les "Cybérias", c'est-à-dire les endroits où l'on se rend pour faire l'expérience du cyberespace, empêchera la diffusion des "simulateurs personnels".

Spanish

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