• DocumentCode
    1705393
  • Title

    Capstone presentation: Isn´t all reality really virtual?

  • Author

    Blascovich, James J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. Arguably, the concept that is referred to today as “virtual reality” is as old as humanity itself. Humans seem particularly predisposed to psychological travel between physical and virtual reality and have invented many ingenious ways technologies to do so. The latest advance is immersive VR technology, which allows face-to-face social interaction in three-dimensional settings via digital avatars. Blascovich will discuss conceptual and metaphysical issues with a focus on a structural model of social influence within virtual environments and illustrative experiments.
  • Keywords
    avatars; VR technology; capstone presentation; digital avatars; face-to-face social interaction; physical reality; social influence structural model; three-dimensional settings; virtual environments; virtual reality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Virtual Reality Short Papers and Posters (VRW), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Costa Mesa, CA
  • ISSN
    1087-8270
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1247-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VR.2012.6180865
  • Filename
    6180865