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The Virtual
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Author : Rob Shields
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-27
The Virtual written by Rob Shields and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-27 with Philosophy categories.
This book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction of virtual worlds has a long history. He examines the many forms of faith and hysteria that have surrounded computer technologies in recent years. Moving beyond the technologies themselves he shows how the virtual plays a role in our daily lives at every level. The virtual is also an essential concept needed to manage innovation and risk. It is real but not actual, ideal but not abstract. The virtual, he argues, has become one of the key organizing principles of contemporary society in the public realms of politics, business and consumption as well as in our private lives.
The Virtual Body Of Christ In A Suffering World
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Author : Deanna A. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Release Date : 2016-11-01
The Virtual Body Of Christ In A Suffering World written by Deanna A. Thompson and has been published by Abingdon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Religion categories.
We live in a wired world where 24/7 digital connectivity is increasingly the norm. Christian megachurch communities often embrace this reality wholeheartedly while more traditional churches often seem hesitant and overwhelmed by the need for an interactive website, a Facebook page and a twitter feed. This book accepts digital connectivity as our reality, but presents a vision of how faith communities can utilize technology to better be the body of Christ to those who are hurting while also helping followers of Christ think critically about the limits of our digital attachments. This book begins with a conversion story of a non-cell phone owning, non-Facebook using religion professor judgmental of the ability of digital tools to enhance relationships. A stage IV cancer diagnosis later, in the midst of being held up by virtual communities of support, a conversion occurs: this religion professor benefits in embodied ways from virtual sources and wants to convert others to the reality that the body of Christ can and does exist virtually and makes embodied difference in the lives of those who are hurting. The book neither uncritically embraces nor rejects the constant digital connectivity present in our lives. Rather it calls on the church to a) recognize ways in which digital social networks already enact the virtual body of Christ; b) tap into and expand how Christ is being experienced virtually; c) embrace thoughtfully the material effects of our new augmented reality, and c) influence utilization of technology that minimizes distraction and maximizes attentiveness toward God and the world God loves.
The Virtual Community
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Author : Howard Rheingold
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 1993-09-20
The Virtual Community written by Howard Rheingold and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09-20 with Computer networks categories.
The acclaimed author of Virtual Reality takes readers inside the network that is transforming every form of communication from sex chat to marketing to worldwide political action. Rheingold helps us understand the full weight of this phenomenon in every aspect.
Epistemics Of The Virtual
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Author : Johan F. Hoorn
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Epistemics Of The Virtual written by Johan F. Hoorn and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Proposing a new theory of fiction, this work reviews the confusion about perceived realism, metaphor, virtual worlds and the seemingly obvious distinction between what is true and what is false. The rise of new media, new technology, and creative products and services requires a new examination of what 'real' friends are, to what extent scientific novelty is 'true', and whether online content is merely 'figurative'. In this transdisciplinary theory the author evaluates cognitive theories, philosophical discussion, and topics in biology and physics, and places these in the frameworks of computer science and literary theory. The interest of the reader is continuously challenged on matters of truth, fiction, and the shakiness of their belief systems.
The Virtual Reality Casebook
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Author : Carl E. Loeffler
language : en
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Release Date : 1994
The Virtual Reality Casebook written by Carl E. Loeffler and has been published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Computers categories.
A collection of reports from the frontiers of virtual space, with detailed coverage of cutting-edge projects in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the US, demonstrating how the technology is being used by artists, educators, cyberpunks, and multinational companies. Discusses technical, legal, and social issues facing the interactive world, and cultural and practical applications of virtual reality technology. Includes a hardware and software supplier list. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Virtual Community Revised Edition
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Author : Howard Rheingold
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2000-10-23
The Virtual Community Revised Edition written by Howard Rheingold and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-23 with Computers categories.
Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993, The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter, in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the world's population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.
Parables For The Virtual
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Author : Brian Massumi
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-09
Parables For The Virtual written by Brian Massumi and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-09 with Philosophy categories.
Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence—movement, affect, and sensation—in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In Parables for the Virtual Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James's radical empiricism and Henri Bergson's philosophy of perception through the filter of the post-war French philosophy of Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, Massumi links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement, affect, and sensation. If such concepts are as fundamental as signs and significations, he argues, then a new set of theoretical issues appear, and with them potential new paths for the wedding of scientific and cultural theory. Replacing the traditional opposition of literal and figural with new distinctions between stasis and motion and between actual and virtual, Parables for the Virtual tackles related theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums as diverse as architecture, body art, the digital art of Stelarc, and Ronald Reagan's acting career. The result is an intriguing combination of cultural theory, science, and philosophy that asserts itself in a crystalline and multi-faceted argument.
The Virtual
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Author : Rob Shields
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
The Virtual written by Rob Shields and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Computers and civilization categories.
This work argues that the virtual has become one of the key organizing principles of contemporary society for the public realms of politics and business as well as private life from sex to shopping.
Virtual Worlds The Virtual Reality And Augmented Reality Intersections
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-02-26
Virtual Worlds The Virtual Reality And Augmented Reality Intersections written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Social Science categories.
The Virtual Classroom
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Author : Starr Roxanne Hiltz
language : en
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Release Date : 1994
The Virtual Classroom written by Starr Roxanne Hiltz and has been published by Intellect (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Computers categories.