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Author : Tula Giannini
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Book Synopsis The Arts and Computational Culture: Real and Virtual Worlds by : Tula Giannini
Download or read book The Arts and Computational Culture: Real and Virtual Worlds written by Tula Giannini. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grant Tavinor
Release : 2021-09-30
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Aesthetics of Virtual Reality by : Grant Tavinor
Download or read book The Aesthetics of Virtual Reality written by Grant Tavinor. This book was released on 2021-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to present an aesthetics of virtual reality media. It situates virtual reality media in terms of the philosophy of the arts, comparing them to more familiar media such as painting, film and photography. When philosophers have approached virtual reality, they have almost always done so through the lens of metaphysics, asking questions about the reality of virtual items and worlds, about the value of such things, and indeed, about how they may reshape our understanding of the "real" world. Grant Tavinor finds that approach to be fundamentally mistaken, and that to really account for virtual reality, we must focus on the medium and its uses, and not the hypothetical and speculative instances that are typically the focus of earlier works. He also argues that much of the cultural and metaphysical hype around virtual reality is undeserved. But this does not mean that virtual reality is illusory or uninteresting; on the contrary, it is significant for the altogether different reason that it overturns much of our understanding of how representational media can function and what we can use them to achieve. The Aesthetics of Virtual Reality will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in aesthetics, philosophy of art, philosophy of technology, metaphysics, and game studies.
Author : Doyle, Denise
Release : 2015-06-26
Genre : Computers
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Book Synopsis New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds by : Doyle, Denise
Download or read book New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds written by Doyle, Denise. This book was released on 2015-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although virtual worlds continue to grow in popularity, a substantial amount of research is needed to determine best practices in virtual spaces. The artistic community is one field where virtual worlds can be utilized to the greatest effect. New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds provides a coherent account of artistic practices in virtual worlds and considers the contribution the Second Life platform has made in a historical, theoretical, and critical context within the fields of art and technology. This volume is intended for both artists and scholars in the areas of digital art, art and technology, media arts history, virtual worlds, and games studies, as well as a broader academic audience who are interested in the philosophical implications of virtual spaces.
Author : Harrison, Dew
Release : 2013-02-28
Genre : Computers
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Book Synopsis Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces by : Harrison, Dew
Download or read book Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces written by Harrison, Dew. This book was released on 2013-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging new technologies such as digital media have helped artists to position art into the everyday lives and activities of the public. These new virtual spaces allow artists to utilize a more participatory experience with their audience. Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces brings together a variety of artistic practices in virtual spaces and the interest in variable media and online platforms for creative interplay. Presenting frameworks and examples of current practices, this book is useful for artists, theorists, curators as well as researchers working with new technologies, social media platforms and digital culture.
Author : Benjamin Woolley
Release : 1993
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Virtual Worlds by : Benjamin Woolley
Download or read book Virtual Worlds written by Benjamin Woolley. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Virtual Worlds, Benjamin Woolley examines the reality of virtual reality. He looks at the dramatic intellectual and cultural upheavals that gave birth to it, the hype that surrounds it, the people who have promoted it, and the dramatic implications of its development. Virtual reality is not simply a technology, it is a way of thinking created and promoted by a group of technologists and thinkers that sees itself as creating our future. Virtual Worlds reveals the politics and culture of these virtual realists, and examines whether they are creating reality, or losing their grasp of it. 12 photographs.
