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Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives
Jim Blascovich
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Description for Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives
Paperback. Explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications mean for the future of human life and society. This title examines the philosophical questions of the self and reality that arise through the digital experience. It shows the many practical applications of virtual reality, from education and medicine to sex and warfare. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
How do "The Matrix", "Avatar", and "Tron" reveal the future of existence? Can our brains recognize where reality ends and virtual begins? What would it mean to live eternally in a digital universe? Where will technology lead us in five, fifty, and five hundred years? Welcome to the future...The coming explosion of immersive digital technology, combined with recent progress in unlocking how the mind works, will soon revolutionize our lives in ways only science fiction has imagined. In "Infinite Reality", Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford University) and Jim Blascovich (University of California, Santa Barbara) - two of virtual reality's pioneering authorities, whose ... Read more
How do "The Matrix", "Avatar", and "Tron" reveal the future of existence? Can our brains recognize where reality ends and virtual begins? What would it mean to live eternally in a digital universe? Where will technology lead us in five, fifty, and five hundred years? Welcome to the future...The coming explosion of immersive digital technology, combined with recent progress in unlocking how the mind works, will soon revolutionize our lives in ways only science fiction has imagined. In "Infinite Reality", Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford University) and Jim Blascovich (University of California, Santa Barbara) - two of virtual reality's pioneering authorities, whose ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
259g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061809514
SKU
V9780061809514
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About Jim Blascovich
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives
"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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more