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.
By: Blascovich, Jim.
Contributor(s): Bailenson, Jeremy.
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BookPublisher: New York : William Morrow, c2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: vi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780061809514 (trade pb); 0061809519 (trade pb).Subject(s): Virtual reality -- Social aspects | Virtual reality -- Psychological aspects | Perception | Online social networksDDC classification: r 303 BLA | 006.8 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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