| Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do Contributor(s): Bailenson, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 039335685X ISBN-13: 9780393356854 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Computers | Virtual Worlds |
| Dewey: 006.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, granting us access to any experience imaginable. These experiences, ones that the brain is convinced are real, will soon be available everywhere. In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson draws upon two decades spent researching the psychological effects of VR to help readers understand its upsides and possible downsides. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR, and describes the profound ways this technology can be put to use to hone our performance, help us recover from trauma, improve our learning, and even enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities so that we treat others and ourselves better. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bailenson, Jeremy: - Jeremy Bailenson is professor of communication at Stanford University and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Redwood City, California. |