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Publications by Harold Van Cott (bibliography)

1992

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Wells, Maxwell J., Krueger, Myron, Sheridan, Thomas B., Ellis, Stephen and Cott, Harold Van (1992): "There is Nothing New in Cyberspace": A Motion for Debate. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. p. 1049.

“Cyberspace is the environment created during the experience of virtual reality. Therefore, to assert that there is nothing new in cyberspace alludes to there being nothing new about virtual reality. Is this assertion correct? Is virtual reality an exciting development in human-computer interaction, or is it simply another example of effective simulation? Does current media interest herald a major advance in information technology, or will virtual reality go the way of artificial intelligence, cold fusion and junk bonds? Is virtual reality the best thing since sliced bread, or is it last week's buns in a new wrapper? There are experts who support both views. The best-thing-since-sliced-bread protagonists point to potential applications in training, communications, entertainment and human-computer interaction. They use terms like "intuitive", "circumambience", and "presence." The opposition use terms like "so what?", "when?", and "right!". Are the proponents harbingers or visionaries? Are the opponents sceptics or Luddites? Predicting the impact of technology is notoriously difficult. Hindsight allows us, for example, to express pitiful disdain towards the engineer who saw no future for the telephone, or the clerk who could not be convinced of the benefits of the photocopier. Experts are no better, or no worse, at predicting than the rest of us. The value of experts is in their ability to fit current ideas and events into the context of past events, and to do so in a coherent and engaging manner.”

1991

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Bogner, Sue, Cott, Harold Van, Cook, Richard, Serig, Dennis and Gaba, David (1991): Human Factors and Medicine. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting 1991. pp. 682-686.

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