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The Aesthetics Of Virtual Reality
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Author : Grant Tavinor
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-30
The Aesthetics Of Virtual Reality written by Grant Tavinor and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Virtual Aesthetics In Architecture
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Author : Sara Eloy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-30
Virtual Aesthetics In Architecture written by Sara Eloy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-30 with Architecture categories.
Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture: Designing in Mixed Realities presents a curated selection of projects and texts contributed by leading international architects and designers who are using virtual reality technologies in their design process. It triggers discussion and debate on exploring the aesthetic potential and establishing its language as an expressive medium in architectural design. Although virtual reality is not new and the technology has evolved rapidly, the aesthetic potential of the medium is still emerging and there is a great deal more to explore. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the current use of virtual reality technologies in the architectural design process. Contributions are presented in six parts, fully illustrated with over 150 images. Recent projects presented are distributed in five themes: introduction to mixed realities; space and form; context and ambiguity; materiality and movement; body and social. Each theme includes richly illustrated essays by leading academics and practitioners, including those from Zaha Hadid Architects and MVRDV, detailing their design process using data-driven methodologies. Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture expands the use of technology per se and focuses on how architecture can benefit from its aesthetic potential during the design process. A must-read for practitioners, academics, and students interested in cutting-edge digital design.
Aesthetics Of The Virtual
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Author : Roberto Diodato
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Aesthetics Of The Virtual written by Roberto Diodato and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Philosophy categories.
Arguing that the virtual body is something new—namely, an entity that from an ontological perspective has only recently entered the world—Roberto Diodato considers the implications of this kind of body for aesthetics. Virtual bodies insert themselves into the space opened up by the famous distinction in Aristotle's Physics between natural and artificial beings—they are both. They are beings that are simultaneously events; they are images that are at once internal and external; they are ontological hybrids that exist only in the interaction between logical-computational text and human bodies endowed with technological prostheses. Pursuing this line of thought, Diodato reconfigures classic aesthetic concepts such as mimesis, representation, the relation between illusion and reality, the nature of images and imagination, and the theory of sensory knowledge.
The State Of The Real
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Author : Damian Sutton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2007-01-24
The State Of The Real written by Damian Sutton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-24 with Performing Arts categories.
New media, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybernetics: are the latest technologies push back the very limits of 'reality'. The nature of the real in the digital age is ever more hotly debated and the place of these debates in visual culture can hardly be overstated. Innovative and provocative, this book brings together the latest research on 'the state of the real' by practitioners and commentators across the disciplines of photography, film, media studies, critical theory and fine art. Engaging with the work of critics and thinkers as varied as Linda Nochlin, Lev Manovich and Donna Harroway, Lyotard, Baudrillard and Barthes, "The State of the Real" looks first at the different ways in which 'realism' and reality have been understood in recent art history, with a particular focus on debates about the real within photography. Emphasising the role of art in shaping, as well as reflecting, notions of the real, the book features contributions from a number of contemporary artists and showcases a new photoessay by artist Andrew Lee. The collection looks finally towards advanced technologies and the virtual world in a section which concludes with a specially commissioned contribution by acclaimed thinker Slavoj Zizek. This is an indispensable volume for students of 'the digital age' across the fields of art and photography, film, media studies and critical and visual theory.
Metaplasticity In Virtual Worlds Aesthetics And Semantic Concepts
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Author : Mura, Gianluca
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2010-11-30
Metaplasticity In Virtual Worlds Aesthetics And Semantic Concepts written by Mura, Gianluca and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with Social Science categories.
The concept of virtual worlds is strongly related to the current innovations of new media communication.ÿ As such, it is increasingly imperative to understand the criteria for creating virtual worlds as well as the evolution in system architecture, information visualization and human interaction. Meta-plasticity in Virtual Worlds: Aesthetics and Semantics Concepts provides in-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art among the best international research experiences of virtual world concept creations from a wide range of media culture fields, at the edge of artistic and scientific inquiry and emerging technologies. Written for professionals, researchers, artists and designers, this text is a perfect companion for those who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of virtual worlds within the development of digital communication.
The Aesthetics Of Post Digital Imaging
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Author : Anna Nacher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10
The Aesthetics Of Post Digital Imaging written by Anna Nacher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10 with categories.
The aesthetics of post-digital imaging - Between camera traps and virtual reality creatively maps the recent developments in the field of post-digital imaging, spanning across the broad spectrum of visual production: from artistic forms of techno-ecological practice to "operational images" of ecological monitoring to some examples of virtual reality. Addressing the condition of post-digitality as the consequence of the fact that computing technologies have become inseparable from the embodied practices of everyday life, it demonstrates how imaging born between physical space, computing technology, and the activity of its users establishes hybrid ontological coalitions. This, in turn, results in a necessity to develop the new epistemic and ontological perspectives, capable of a better understanding the complexity of image production seen as a process rather than a set of visual objects. The analyses offered in the book cover the novelty of visual forms born between physical reality and networked digital media: new media art, environmental protection, and ecological research, as well as some examples of virtual reality. Therefore, different modes of the post-digital aestheticization are explored, including instances of techno-ecological art practice, consumer-generated virtual reality (360 panoramas), VR art and e-literature, and the use of camera traps in the ecological monitoring. All types of imaging analyzed in the book have been born as hybrid entities, capable of forging ontological coalitions, bridging the disparate realities of nature, code, and data transmission.
Trends Experiences And Perspectives In Immersive Multimedia And Augmented Reality
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Author : Simão, Emília
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2018-07-27
Trends Experiences And Perspectives In Immersive Multimedia And Augmented Reality written by Simão, Emília and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with Computers categories.
The concept of immersive multimedia, which is closely related to concepts of augmented reality, brings opportunities in art, education, entertainment, and technology. As such, it is vital to explore the connections between consumers of media content and information parts that come from multimedia platforms. Trends, Experiences, and Perspectives in Immersive Multimedia and Augmented Reality is a critical scholarly resource that offers solutions to the problems that appear in both theoretical and practical dimensions of immersive multimedia experiences on an interdisciplinary platform. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cyber behavior, human-computer interaction, and transmedia, this book is geared towards digital artists, media professionals, developers, academicians, researchers, and upper-level graduate students seeking current research on the exploration of immersive multimedia through the perspectives of technology, communications, and art.
The Ethics Of Virtual And Augmented Reality
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Author : Erick Jose Ramirez
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-29
The Ethics Of Virtual And Augmented Reality written by Erick Jose Ramirez and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-29 with Philosophy categories.
This book offers new ways of thinking about and assessing the impact of virtual reality on its users. It argues that we must go beyond traditional psychological concepts of VR "presence" to better understand the many varieties of virtual experiences. The author provides compelling evidence that VR simulations are capable of producing "virtually real" experiences in people. He also provides a framework for understanding when and how simulations induce virtually real experiences. From these insights, the book shows that virtually real experiences are responsible for several unaddressed ethical issues in VR research and design. Experimental philosophers, moral psychologists, and institutional review boards must become sensitive to the ethical issues involved between designing "realistic" virtual dilemmas, for good data collection, and avoiding virtually real trauma. Ethicists and game designers must do more to ensure that their simulations don’t inculcate harmful character traits. Virtually real experiences, the author claims, can make virtual relationships meaningful, productive, and conducive to welfare but they can also be used to systematically mislead and manipulate users about the nature of their experiences. The Ethics of Virtual and Augmented Reality will appeal to philosophers working in applied ethics, philosophy of technology, and aesthetics, as well as researchers and students interested in game studies and game design.
Virtual Images
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Author : Lars C. Grabbe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-27
Virtual Images written by Lars C. Grabbe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-27 with categories.
Reality Media
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Author : Jay David Bolter
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Reality Media written by Jay David Bolter and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Social Science categories.
How augmented reality and virtual reality are taking their places in contemporary media culture alongside film and television. T This book positions augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) firmly in contemporary media culture. The authors view AR and VR not as the latest hyped technologies but as media—the latest in a series of what they term “reality media,” taking their places alongside film and television. Reality media inserts a layer of media between us and our perception of the world; AR and VR do not replace reality but refashion a reality for us. Each reality medium mediates and remediates; each offers a new representation that we implicitly compare to our experience of the world in itself but also through other media. The authors show that as forms of reality media emerge, they not only chart a future path for media culture, but also redefine media past. With AR and VR in mind, then, we can recognize their precursors in eighteenth-century panoramas and the Broadway lights of the 1930s. A digital version of Reality Media, available through the book’s website, invites readers to visit a series of virtual rooms featuring interactivity, 3-D models, videos, images, and texts that explore the themes of the book.