Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution - Rilegato

Blascovich, Jim; Bailenson, Jeremy

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ISBN 10: 0061809500 ISBN 13: 9780061809507

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2011

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

“An exhilarating book ... Blascovich and Bailenson are ideally situated to write this guide to the new world ... Infinite Reality a must-read for anyone who wants to prepare for the coming revolution.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Read this book if you want to understand the future.” (JARON LANIER, author of You Are Not a Gadget)

“Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Infinite Reality is an essential guide to our futures.” (PHILIP ZIMBARDO, professor emeritus of psychology, Stanford University, and author of The Lucifer Effect)

“Infinite Reality sends chills down the spine.” (MICHAEL S. GAZZANIGA, director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara)

L'autore:

Jeremy Bailenson is the founding director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Professor Bailenson has been featured on Frontline, All Things Considered, and Today, and in Time, Discover, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Science, Health, World, and Style sections of the New York Times, as well as in the New York Times Magazine.
Jim Blascovich is the director and co-founder of the Research Center for Virtual Environments at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is Distinguished Professor of Psychology. Professor Blascovich has served as the president of international scientific societies, including the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and he has been invited to lecture on social neuroscience and virtual reality topics worldwide.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061809500
• ISBN 13: 9780061809507
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 298