Blascovich, Jim.
Infinite reality : avatars, eternal life, new worlds, and the dawn of the virtual revolution by Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson. Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2011. - vi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index.
Dream machines -- A museum of virtual media -- Mirror, mirror on the wall -- Winning virtual friends and influencing virtual people -- The virtual laboratory -- Who am I? -- Re-creating yourself -- Street smarts -- Eternal life -- Digital footprints -- The virtual "Jones" -- Virtually useful -- Virtual yin and yang -- More human than human.
Two Silicon Valley-based professors survey the field of virtual reality to explore the possibilities and potential of emerging digital technologies through which realistic human personalities and environments can be replicated.
9780061809514 (trade pb) 0061809519 (trade pb)
2010046175
Virtual reality--Social aspects.
Virtual reality--Psychological aspects.
Perception.
Online social networks.
r 303 BLA 006.8
Infinite reality : avatars, eternal life, new worlds, and the dawn of the virtual revolution by Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson. Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2011. - vi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index.
Dream machines -- A museum of virtual media -- Mirror, mirror on the wall -- Winning virtual friends and influencing virtual people -- The virtual laboratory -- Who am I? -- Re-creating yourself -- Street smarts -- Eternal life -- Digital footprints -- The virtual "Jones" -- Virtually useful -- Virtual yin and yang -- More human than human.
Two Silicon Valley-based professors survey the field of virtual reality to explore the possibilities and potential of emerging digital technologies through which realistic human personalities and environments can be replicated.
9780061809514 (trade pb) 0061809519 (trade pb)
2010046175
Virtual reality--Social aspects.
Virtual reality--Psychological aspects.
Perception.
Online social networks.
r 303 BLA 006.8