Hello avatar
Subtitle: rise of the networked generation
By: B. Coleman
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780262015714
Subjects: Human behavior models; Human-computer interaction; Virtual reality; Philosophy; Avatars (Virtual reality); Reality; Psychological aspects; Shared virtual environments
Description: In this book, the author examines a crucial aspect of our cultural shift from analog to digital: the continuum between online and off-, what she calls the "x-reality" that crosses between the virtual and the real. She looks at the emergence of a world that is neither virtual nor real but encompasses a multiplicity of network combinations. And she argues that it is the role of the avatar to help us express our new agency--our new power to customize our networked life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an avatar; title: More than just another pretty face : the avatar effect; title: Interview with the virtual cannibal; title: Virtual presence; title: X-reality, a conclusion.