Future presence : how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life / Peter Rubin.

Author
Rubin, Peter (Pop culture writer) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Description
vi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    Presents a candid glimpse into virtual technology's likely future and how it may be used to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and transform human connection.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Welcome to virtual reality
    • Presence: What it is, where to find it, how to stay there
    • Alone on a mountaintop: How "in here" helps "out there"
    • Hedgehog love: Engineering feelings with social presence
    • Empathy vs. intimacy: Why good stories need someone else
    • What to do and who to do it with: How social VR is reinventing everything from game night to online harassment
    • The starry night that wasn't there: Social media, intimacy, and the memory of experience
    • Rec room confidential: The anatomy and evolution of VR friendships
    • Reach out and touch someone: Haptics, tactile presence, and making VR physical
    • XXX-change program: Turning porn back into people
    • Where we're going, we don't need headsets: Let's get speculative
    • Conclusion: When hindsight is 2020: What life in 2028 might actually look like.
    ISBN
    • 9780062566690 (hardcover)
    • 0062566695 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2017059216
    OCLC
    990286971
    Other standard number
    • 40028141787
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