Future presence : how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life /
Rubin, Peter
Future presence : how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life / Peter Rubin. - First HarperCollins paperback edition - vi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Welcome to virtual reality
Presence: What it is, where to find it, how to stay there
Alone on a mountaintop: How "in here" helps "out there"
Hedgehog love: Engineering feelings with social presence
Empathy vs. intimacy: Why good stories need someone else
What to do and who to do it with: How social VR is reinventing everything from game night to online harassment
The starry night that wasn't there: Social media, intimacy, and the memory of experience
Rec room confidential: The anatomy and evolution of VR friendships
Reach out and touch someone: Haptics, tactile presence, and making VR physical
XXX-change program: Turning porn back into people
Where we're going, we don't need headsets: Let's get speculative
Conclusion: When hindsight is 2020: What life in 2028 might actually look like
Presents a candid glimpse into virtual technology's likely future and how it may be used to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and transform human connection
9780062566706 0062566709
2017059216
Realidad virtual --Aspectos sociales
Relaciones interpersonales
HM 851 / R896f 2018
302
Future presence : how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life / Peter Rubin. - First HarperCollins paperback edition - vi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Welcome to virtual reality
Presence: What it is, where to find it, how to stay there
Alone on a mountaintop: How "in here" helps "out there"
Hedgehog love: Engineering feelings with social presence
Empathy vs. intimacy: Why good stories need someone else
What to do and who to do it with: How social VR is reinventing everything from game night to online harassment
The starry night that wasn't there: Social media, intimacy, and the memory of experience
Rec room confidential: The anatomy and evolution of VR friendships
Reach out and touch someone: Haptics, tactile presence, and making VR physical
XXX-change program: Turning porn back into people
Where we're going, we don't need headsets: Let's get speculative
Conclusion: When hindsight is 2020: What life in 2028 might actually look like
Presents a candid glimpse into virtual technology's likely future and how it may be used to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and transform human connection
9780062566706 0062566709
2017059216
Realidad virtual --Aspectos sociales
Relaciones interpersonales
HM 851 / R896f 2018
302