Title: The immersive Internet : reflections on the entangling of the virtual with society, politics and the economy /
Authors: Teigland, Robin, 1964-; Power, Dominic, 1973-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Internet Social aspects; Internet Economic aspects.; Internet Political aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE Media Studies.; Popular culture.; Internet & WWW industries.; Ethical & social aspects of IT.; Society.; Internet Economic aspects; Internet Political aspects; Internet Social aspects
Abstract: The internet has begun to develop into a much more immersive and multi-dimensional space. Three dimensional spaces and sites of interaction have not just gripped our attention but have begun to weave or be woven into the fabric of our professional and social lives. The Immersive Internet - including social media, augmented reality, virtual worlds, online games, 3D internet and beyond - is still nascent, but is moving towards a future where communications technologies and virtual spaces offer immersive experiences persuasive enough to blur the lines between the virtual and the physical. It is this emerging Immersive Internet that is the focus of this book of short thought pieces - postcards from the metaverse - by some of the leading thinkers in the field. The book questions what a more immersive and intimate internet might mean for society and for each of us -- publisher.
Contents: Postcards from the Metaverse: An Introduction to the Immersive Internet / Dominic Power and Robin Teigland -- Niggling Inequality: A Second Introduction to the Immersive Internet / Edward Castronova -- The Distributed Self: Virtual Worlds and the Future of Human Identity / Richard Gilbert and Andrew Forney -- Meta-dreaming: Entangling the Virtual and the Physical / Denise Doyle -- Individually Social: Approaching the Merging of Virtual Worlds, the Semantic Web, and Social Networks / Francisco Gerardo Toledo Ramírez -- Virtual Worlds as Radical Theater: Extending the Proscenium / Anthony M. Townsend and Brian E. Mennecke -- Virtual Worlds and Indigenous Narratives / James Barrett -- The Immersive Hand: Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Environments / Smiljana Antonijevic -- Discovering the 'I' in Avatar: Performance and Self-Therapy / Alicia B. Corts -- Reflections and Projections: Enabling the Social Enterprise / Steve Mahaley, Chuck Hamilton and Tony O'Driscoll --^