The Age of Virtual Reality - Softcover

Hohstadt, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1257923595 ISBN 13: 9781257923595

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2011

Synopsis

Something big is happening. Virtual Reality is not only becoming the driving wheel of the new world economy, it is building a new cultural order. The "Age of Virtual Reality" is in its infancy, yet we already live in a virtual world. Through video games, iPods, iPhones, online social networking, and movies, we are migrating toward "virtual space." We must understand this moment in history. Through provoked discoveries, engaging artistic journeys, and creative dialogues with the "language" of virtual reality, this book explores both the pre-digital history of VR and its sobering-yet inspiring-future. Readers will learn to test, discern, and ground the "evidence" of their experience. In "The Age of Virtual Reality," they will discover where we're going by confronting where VR is going. More important, they will engage the skills necessary to participate constructively and creatively in an increasingly "virtual" world-a world that demands their participation. They will be stunned beyond disbelief.

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Review:

"Breathtaking and enlightening . . . a delightful aesthetic process of emotional awakening." Philip (Zhenming) Zhai, Philosopher of Virtual Reality, Sun Yat-sen University.

"Self-reflection on the big questions . . . Many have asked 'so what' about VR. Well, the 'what' is in here."  Edward Castronova, Professor of Telecommunications, Indiana University

"Tom Hohstadt's great talent is to synthesize and envision . . . stunning insight into emerging lifestyles . . . how we capture meaning, and how meaning captures us." Thomas G. Bandy, author, futurist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1257923595
• ISBN 13: 9781257923595
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147