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The Oxford handbook of virtuality / edited by Mark Grimshaw.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, New York State : Oxford University Press, [2014]
2014
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
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Subject(s)
Avatars (Virtual reality)
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Communication
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Social aspects
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Virtual reality
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Social aspects
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Editor
Grimshaw, Mark, 1963-
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Summary note
An anthology of thinking on virtuality from the perspective of a variety of philosophical and applied fields of study, the Oxford Handbook of Virtuality comprises 44 chapters covering topics such as presence, immersion, emotion, ethics, virtual utopias and dystopias, image, sound, literature, AI, law, economics, education, medical and military applications, religion, and sex. A variety of views on virtuality is offered from each discipline represented, and the relationships between virtuality and reality and actuality are extensively debated.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2014).
Description based on print version record.
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English
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The virtuality and reality of avatar cyberspace / Bruce Damer & Randy Hinrichs
The physical and social reality of virtual worlds / Philip Brey
Envisioning the virtual / Brian Massumi
Being more than yourself : virtuality and human spirit / André Nusselder
Mythologies of virtuality : "other space" and "shared dimension" from ancient myths to cyberspace / Maria Beatrice Bittarello
The paradox of virtuality / Michael R. Heim
Psychology & perception
Avatar psychology / James K. Scarborough & Jeremy N. Bailenson
Not quite human : what virtual characters have taught us about person perception / Elizabeth J. Carter & Frank E. Pollick
Emotions and altered states of awareness : the virtuality of reality and the reality of virtuality / Jean-Claude Martin
Applying psychological plausibility to the uncanny valley phenomenon / Angela Tinwell
The psychology of addiction to virtual / Deborah Abdel Nabi & John P. Charlton
Environments : the allure of the virtual self
Being present in a virtual world / Giuseppe Riva & John A. Waterworth
Immersion in virtual worlds / Gordon Calleja
Culture & society
Communication in virtual worlds / Paul C. Adams
Virtual reality : so good, they named it twice? : a Lacanian perspective from literature and the other arts
/ david rudd
History and cultural heritage in virtual environments / Erik Champion
Flirting, cheating, dating, and mating in a virtual world / Julie M. Albright & Eddie Simmons
Cybersex / Ståle Stenslie
A virtual assembly : constructing religion out of zeros and ones / Robert M. Geraci
Acoustemologies of the closet / William Cheng
Sound
Breaking the fourth wall? : user-generated sonic content in virtual worlds / Karen Collins
Sonic virtuality : understanding audio in a virtual world / Tom A. Garner & Mark Grimshaw
Virtual worlds : an ethnomusicological perspective / Trevor S. Harvey
The music that's not there
Image
Through the looking glass : philosophical reflections on the art of virtual
Worlds / Gary Zabel
Recreating visual reality in virtuality / Anthony Steed
The translation of art in virtual worlds / Patrick Lichty
Painting, the virtual and the celluloid frame / Simon J. Harris
Economy & law
Virtual law / Greg Lastowka
Avatars inc. : the legal personality of avatars / Angela Adrian
Virtuality in the sphere of economics / Vili Lehdonvirta
A-life & artificial intelligence
On the role of "digital actors" in entertainment-based virtual worlds / Phil Carlisle
Evolution in virtual worlds / Tim Taylor
Virtual ecologies and environments / David G. Green & Tom Chandler
Computational modeling of brain function and the human haptic system at the neural spike level : learning the dynamics of a simulated body / Gabriel Robles-De-La-Torre
Technology & applications
Distributed embodiment : real presence in virtual bodies / John A. Waterworth & Eva L. Waterworth
Level of realism : feel, smell and taste in virtual environments / Alan Chalmers
Developing handheld augmented reality interfaces / Mark Billinghurst, Huidong Bai, Gun Lee, Robert Lindeman
Avoidable pitfalls in virtual world learning design / Keysha I. Gamor
Clinical uses of virtual worlds : from medicine to psychology and rehabilitation / Giuseppe Riva
Military simulations using virtual worlds / Roger Smith
Utopia & dystopia
Ethics at the boundaries of the virtual / Charles M. Ess
The social imaginary of virtual worlds / Patrice Flichy
Virtuality and humanity / David Kreps
Virtual dystopia / Andrea Hunter & Vincent Mosco
Afterword / Tom Boellstorf
Index.
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ISBN
0-19-998498-0
0-19-982624-2
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