Vinge is credited as the first author to describe an immersive cyberspace, which he outlined in his 1979 novella True Names – five years before William Gibson’s Neuromancer brought the idea to the mainstream.
Suffice to say, True Names made a mark and elements of the short work became staples of both SciFi and CompSci.
In 1993 he penned delivered a conference paper titled “The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era” that predicted the following:
And his theory of “The Singularity” – an event after which human history changes course – was widely admired and even became the theme of a university in Silicon Valley.
1999’s A Deepness in the Sky described an alien civilization emerging into its information age and using steganography and cryptography to communicate with one faction of invading human forces while hiding its intentions from others.
2006’s Rainbows End (another Hugo winner) told a tale of an older person who had his mental function restored by a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and was then sent back to high school to learn how to live in a networked society – including how to use search engines.
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Vinge is credited as the first author to describe an immersive cyberspace, which he outlined in his 1979 novella True Names – five years before William Gibson’s Neuromancer brought the idea to the mainstream.
Suffice to say, True Names made a mark and elements of the short work became staples of both SciFi and CompSci.
In 1993 he penned delivered a conference paper titled “The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era” that predicted the following:
And his theory of “The Singularity” – an event after which human history changes course – was widely admired and even became the theme of a university in Silicon Valley.
1999’s A Deepness in the Sky described an alien civilization emerging into its information age and using steganography and cryptography to communicate with one faction of invading human forces while hiding its intentions from others.
2006’s Rainbows End (another Hugo winner) told a tale of an older person who had his mental function restored by a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and was then sent back to high school to learn how to live in a networked society – including how to use search engines.
The original article contains 464 words, the summary contains 193 words. Saved 58%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!