Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat by Marcus Car

Description: Fantasies of Virtual Reality by Marcus Carter, Ben Egliston The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality and what we need to know about VR s potential risks as well as its opportunities. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality-and what we need to know about VRs potential risks as well as its opportunities.The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality-and what we need to know about VRs potential risks as well as its opportunities.Virtual Reality is the next new frontier for Silicon Valley. Mark Zuckerberg, who has overseen Metas investment of billions into VR, pitches it as the next dominant computing paradigm. More than just a gaming technology, VR is top of mind for academics, tech reportage, and industry evangelists who all see the potential for VR to revolutionize fields such as education, and health, as well as the way we work and communicate. But will VR achieve all this? In Fantasies of Virtual Reality, Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston strip bare the tech industrys vision of a future dominated by immersive VR experiences, challenging the utopian promises of this technologys potential.Carter and Egliston offer a critical account of VR in a variety of contexts, from gaming to human resources to policing and the military. They argue that while VR does hold significant potential, the overhyped expectations surrounding it, from achieving true empathetic understanding to transforming traditional education and office work, are often overstated and fraught with issues of privacy, control, and exclusion. Whats more, there is nothing truly virtual about Virtual Reality- VR is deeply entrenched in the material world, driven by tangible technological, economic, and social logics.An accessible introduction to this emerging technology, Fantasies of Virtual Reality is essential reading for anyone interested in what VR can really do-and what is just plain fantasy. Author Biography Marcus Carter is Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Sydney and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He is the author of Treacherous Play and Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons (both MIT Press).Ben Egliston is Lecturer in Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. Table of Contents Contents1 Fantasizing about Virtual Reality2 Fantasies of Gaming3 Fantasies of Empathy4 Fantasies of Enclosure5 Fantasies of Violence6 Fantasies of Perfect Data7 Our FantasyAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex Details ISBN0262549166 Author Ben Egliston Pages 184 Publisher MIT Press Ltd Series Strong Ideas Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780262549165 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-09-10 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-09-10 Illustrations 12 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS. ISBN-10 0262549166 UK Release Date 2024-09-10 DEWEY 006.8 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161408893;

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