Infinite reality
Subtitle: avatars, eternal life, new worlds, and the dawn of the virtual revolution
By: Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson
Contributors: Bailenson, Jeremy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780061809507; 9780061809514; 9780062041692; 9780062027153
Subjects: Social aspects; Virtual reality; Perception; Online social networks; Psychological aspects
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dream machines; title: A museum of virtual media; title: Mirror, mirror on the wall; title: Winning virtual friends and influencing virtual people; title: The virtual laboratory; title: Who am I?; title: Re-creating yourself; title: Street smarts; title: Eternal life; title: Digital footprints; title: The virtual "Jones"; title: Virtually useful; title: Virtual yin and yang; title: More human than human.