Cover of Hello avatar

Book 2011

Hello avatar

6 readers

Publisher
MIT Press
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Human behavior models
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Virtual reality
  • Philosophy
  • Avatars (Virtual reality)
  • Reality
  • Psychological aspects
  • Shared virtual environments

In this book, the author examines a crucial aspect of our cultural shift from analog to digital: the continuum between online and off-, what she calls the "x-reality" that crosses between the virtual and the real. She looks at the emergence of a world that is neither virtual nor real but encompasses a multiplicity of network combinations. And she argues that it is the role of the avatar to help us express our new agency--our new power to customize our networked life.