Experience on Demand : What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do

Bailenson, Jeremy

ISBN 10: 0393253694 / ISBN 13: 9780393253696

Published by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Experience on Demand : What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393253694
• ISBN 13: 9780393253696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"...[Bailenson's] enthusiasm is contagious, and he explains complex issues to an audience broader than fellow scientists, providing a real vision of our possibly VR infused future." Nature

Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, pushing the limits of our imagination and granting us access to any experience possible. These experiences, ones that the brain is convinced are real, will soon be available at the click of a button.

In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson draws on two decades spent researching the psychological effects of virtual reality to help readers understand this new medium. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR and describes the profound ways this technology can be used to hone our performance, help us recover from trauma, improve our learning and communication abilities, and even enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities so that we treat others, the environment and ourselves better.

About the Author

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.