Future presence : how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life

Future presence How virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life

Peter Rubin

Book - 2018

Presents a candid glimpse into virtual technology's likely future and how it may be used to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and transform human connection.

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Subjects
Virtual reality > Social aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Published
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Peter Rubin (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
vi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780062566690
  • Introduction Welcome to Virtual Reality
  • 1. Presence What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Stay There
  • 2. Alone on a Mountaintop How "In Here" Helps "Out There"
  • 3. Hedgehog Love Engineering Feelings with Social Presence
  • 4. Empathy vs. Intimacy Why Good Stories Need Someone Else
  • 5. What to do and who to do it with How Social VR Is Reinventing Everything from Game Night to Online Harassment
  • 6. The Starry Night that Wasn't There Social Media, Intimacy, and the Memory of Experience
  • 7. Rec Room Confidential The Anatomy and Evolution of VR Friendship
  • 8. Reach out and Touch Someone Haptics, Tactile Presence, and Making VR Physical
  • 9. XXX-Change Program Turning Porn Back into People
  • 10. Where We're Going, We Don't Need Headsets Let's Get Speculative
  • Conclusion When Hindsight is 2020 What Life in 2028 Might Actually Look Like
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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