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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 As this comprehensive and multidisciplinary book makes clear, virtuality has a pedigree that pre-dates the computer age and modern virtual worlds, a pedigree that can be traced back to classical mythology and beyond. Equally, the concept of virtuality is not the province of one field of study alone but is the foundation and driving force of many, both theoretical and applied. 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 Introduction Mark Grimshaw I. The Foundations of Virtuality 1. The Virtuality and Reality of Avatar Cyberspace Bruce Damer and Randy Hinrichs 2. The Physical and Social Reality of Virtual Worlds Philip Brey 3. Envisioning the Virtual Brian Massumi 4. Being More Than Yourself: Virtuality and Human Spirit André Nusselder 5. Mythologies of Virtuality: "Other Space" and "Shared Dimension" from Ancient Myths to Cyberspace Maria Beatrice Bittarello 6. The Paradox of Virtuality Michael R. Heim II. Psychology and Perception 7. Avatar Psychology James K. Scarborough and Jeremy N. Bailenson 8. Not Quite Human: What Virtual Characters Have Taught Us about Person Perception Elizabeth J. Carter and Frank E. Pollick 9. Emotions and Altered States of Awareness: The Virtuality of Reality and the Reality of Virtuality Jean-Claude Martin 10. Applying Psychological Plausibility to the Uncanny Valley Phenomenon Angela Tinwell 11. The Psychology of Addiction to Virtual Environments: The Allure of the Virtual Self Deborah Abdel Nabi and John P. Charlton 12. Being Present in a Virtual World Giuseppe Riva and John A. Waterworth 13. Immersion in Virtual Worlds Gordon Calleja III. Culture and Society 14. Communication in Virtual Worlds Paul C. Adams 15. So Good, They Named It Twice? A Lacanian Perspective on Virtual Reality from Literature and the Other Arts David Rudd 16. History and Cultural Heritage in Virtual Environments Erik Champion 17. Flirting, Cheating, Dating, and Mating in a Virtual World Julie M. Albright and Eddie Simmens 18. Cybersex Ståle Stenslie 19. A Virtual Assembly: Constructing Religion out of Zeros and Ones Robert M. Geraci 20. Acoustemologies of the Closet William Cheng IV. Sound 21. Breaking the Fourth Wall? User-Generated Sonic Content in Virtual Worlds Karen Collins 22. Sonic Virtuality: Understanding Audio in a Virtual World Tom A. Garner and Mark Grimshaw 23. Virtual Worlds: An Ethnomusicological Perspective Trevor S. Harvey 24. The Music That's Not There Martin Knakkergaard V. Image 25. Through the Looking Glass: Philosophical Reflections on the Art of Virtual Worlds Gary Zabel 26. Recreating Visual Reality in Virtuality Anthony Steed 27. The Translation of Art in Virtual Worlds Patrick Lichty 28. Painting, the Virtual, and the Celluloid Frame Simon J. Harris VI. Economy and Law 29. Virtual Law Greg Lastowka 30. Virtuality in the Sphere of Economics Vili Lehdonvirta VII. A-Life and Artificial Intelligence
