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Informationen zum Autor Mark Grimshaw is The Obel Professor of Music at Aalborg University, Denmark. He writes extensively on sound in computer games with a particular interest in emotioneering and the use of biofeedback for the real-time synthesis of game sound. He also writes free, open source software for virtual research environments (WIKINDX) and is investigating the uses of sonification to facilitate creativity in the context of such knowledge tools. Klappentext The book is a compendium of thinking on virtuality and its relationship to reality from the perspective of a variety of philosophical and applied fields of study. Topics covered include presence, immersion, emotion, ethics, utopias and dystopias, image, sound, literature, AI, law, economics, medical and military applications, religion, and sex. Zusammenfassung The book is a compendium of thinking on virtuality and its relationship to reality from the perspective of a variety of philosophical and applied fields of study. Topics covered include presence, immersion, emotion, ethics, utopias and dystopias, image, sound, literature, AI, law, economics, medical and military applications, religion, and sex. Inhaltsverzeichnis Mark Grimshaw: Introduction I. The Foundations of Virtuality 1. Bruce Damer and Randy Hinrichs: The virtuality and reality of avatar cyberspace 2. Philip Brey: The physical and social reality of virtual worlds 3. Brian Massumi: Envisioning the virtual 4. André Nusselder: Being more than yourself: Virtuality and human spirit 5. Maria Beatrice Bittarello: Mythologies of virtuality: 'Other space' and 'shared dimension' from ancient myths to cyberspace 6. Michael R. Heim: The paradox of virtuality II. Psychology and Perception 7. James K. Scarborough and Jeremy N. Bailenson: Avatar psychology 8. Elizabeth J. Carter and Frank E. Pollick: Not quite human: What virtual characters have taught us about person perception 9. Jean-Claude Martin: Emotions and altered states of awareness: The virtuality of reality and the reality of virtuality 10. Angela Tinwell: Applying psychological plausibility to the Uncanny Valley phenomenon 11. Deborah Abdel Nabi and John P. Charlton: The psychology of addiction to virtual environments: The allure of the virtual self 12. Giuseppe Riva and John A. Waterworth: Being present in a virtual world 13. Gordon Calleja: Immersion in virtual worlds III. Culture and Society 14. Paul C. Adams: Communication in virtual worlds 15. David Rudd: So good, they named it twice? A Lacanian perspective on Virtual Reality from literature and the other arts 16. Erik Champion: History and cultural heritage in virtual environments 17. Julie M. Albright and Eddie Simmens: Flirting, cheating, dating, and mating in a virtual world 18. Ståle Stenslie: Cybersex 19. Robert M. Geraci: A virtual assembly: Constructing religion out of zeros and ones 20. William Cheng: Acoustemologies of the closet IV. Sound 21. Karen Collins: Breaking the fourth wall? User-generated sonic content in virtual worlds 22. Tom A. Garner and Mark Grimshaw: Sonic virtuality: Understanding audio in a virtual world 23. Trevor S. Harvey: Virtual worlds: An ethnomusicological perspective 24. Martin Knakkergaard: The music that's not there V. Image 25. Gary Zabel: Through the looking glass: Philosophical reflections on the art of virtual worlds 26. Anthony Steed: Recreating visual reality in virtuality 27. Patrick Lichty: The translation of art in virtual worlds 28. Simon J. Harris: Painting, the virtual and the celluloid frame VI. Economy and Law 29. Greg Lastowka: Virtual law 30. Vili Lehdonvirta: Virtuality in the sphere of economics VII. A-Life and Artificial Intelligence 31. Phil Carlisle: On the role of "digital actors" in entertainment-based virtual worlds 32. Tim Taylor: Evolution in ...
