Actor & Avatar : A Scientific and Artistic Catalog / / ed. by Dieter Mersch, Miriam Laura Loertscher, Lorena Kegel, Anton Rey, Thomas Grunwald, Jörg Sternagel
| Actor & Avatar : A Scientific and Artistic Catalog / / ed. by Dieter Mersch, Miriam Laura Loertscher, Lorena Kegel, Anton Rey, Thomas Grunwald, Jörg Sternagel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 006.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Avatars (Virtual reality)
Puppets Robots PHILOSOPHY / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Avatars
Film Media Philosophy Media Studies Media Theory Media Neuroscientific Investigations on Perception Philosophy Technological Others |
| ISBN | 3-8394-6761-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Avatars -- The Avatar -- Prosthethics. Replacement and Exchange -- Avatarhood and Selfhood -- The Self and Its Avatars in Neuropsychiatry -- The Secret Behind the Actor-and-Avatar Fmri-Study -- Avatar’s Faces in EEG -- “Doppeltgänger”. Body Doubles, or the Shadow and His Ego -- The Avatar’s Body in Game Spaces -- The AIS Have It? Hacking into the AI Avatar Dream -- II. Actors -- The Mask -- Creating My Digital Self -- The Birth of a Digital Actor -- Humanizing Virtual People -- Double Trouble. Digital Avatars on Stage -- In Conversation with Neil Newbon -- Facing Characters. A Volumetric Intelligence Framework -- A New Geometry of the Eye. The Curious Case of Brad Pitt -- On Ali Moini’s Avatar Hacking -- “Tears of Truth” -- III. Dolls, Puppets & Uncanny Tracks -- Get into The Uncanny Valley -- The Mechanical Bride and the Ambivalent Pleasures of the Uncanny -- The Mechanical Bride. Realdolls as Companions and Accessible Objects -- Promethean Shame? Pandora Reframes: Elena Dorfman’s Origin of the New World -- The Artist’s Statement -- Encounters of the Uncanny Kind at the Origin of the New World -- Face Fracking -- Sophia’s Smile. The Challenges of a Humanoid Citizen -- I Married a Puppet -- IV. Digital Encounters -- Mask, Face, Countenance -- A Brief Avatar-Network Theory -- Puppets, Pets or Deputies. On the Relationship between Actors and Avatars -- Engaging Consciousness. Time and Duration in Holly Bynoe’s Compounds -- Emotional Ambivalences. Loving and Hating a Tamagotchi -- Consciousness Performed -- Artificial Intelligence. Traditional Expectations and a New Category of Machines -- The Eyes Have It. The Problem of the Avatar Gaze -- What is Koinōnia under Technological Conditions? -- Appendix -- Pictures of the Research Project -- Authors -- Subtexte |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996543163003316 |
| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2023] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Actor & Avatar : A Scientific and Artistic Catalog / / ed. by Dieter Mersch, Miriam Laura Loertscher, Lorena Kegel, Anton Rey, Thomas Grunwald, Jörg Sternagel
| Actor & Avatar : A Scientific and Artistic Catalog / / ed. by Dieter Mersch, Miriam Laura Loertscher, Lorena Kegel, Anton Rey, Thomas Grunwald, Jörg Sternagel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 006.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Avatars (Virtual reality)
Puppets Robots PHILOSOPHY / General |
| ISBN |
9783839467619
3839467616 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Avatars -- The Avatar -- Prosthethics. Replacement and Exchange -- Avatarhood and Selfhood -- The Self and Its Avatars in Neuropsychiatry -- The Secret Behind the Actor-and-Avatar Fmri-Study -- Avatar’s Faces in EEG -- “Doppeltgänger”. Body Doubles, or the Shadow and His Ego -- The Avatar’s Body in Game Spaces -- The AIS Have It? Hacking into the AI Avatar Dream -- II. Actors -- The Mask -- Creating My Digital Self -- The Birth of a Digital Actor -- Humanizing Virtual People -- Double Trouble. Digital Avatars on Stage -- In Conversation with Neil Newbon -- Facing Characters. A Volumetric Intelligence Framework -- A New Geometry of the Eye. The Curious Case of Brad Pitt -- On Ali Moini’s Avatar Hacking -- “Tears of Truth” -- III. Dolls, Puppets & Uncanny Tracks -- Get into The Uncanny Valley -- The Mechanical Bride and the Ambivalent Pleasures of the Uncanny -- The Mechanical Bride. Realdolls as Companions and Accessible Objects -- Promethean Shame? Pandora Reframes: Elena Dorfman’s Origin of the New World -- The Artist’s Statement -- Encounters of the Uncanny Kind at the Origin of the New World -- Face Fracking -- Sophia’s Smile. The Challenges of a Humanoid Citizen -- I Married a Puppet -- IV. Digital Encounters -- Mask, Face, Countenance -- A Brief Avatar-Network Theory -- Puppets, Pets or Deputies. On the Relationship between Actors and Avatars -- Engaging Consciousness. Time and Duration in Holly Bynoe’s Compounds -- Emotional Ambivalences. Loving and Hating a Tamagotchi -- Consciousness Performed -- Artificial Intelligence. Traditional Expectations and a New Category of Machines -- The Eyes Have It. The Problem of the Avatar Gaze -- What is Koinōnia under Technological Conditions? -- Appendix -- Pictures of the Research Project -- Authors -- Subtexte |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910735579003321 |
| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2023] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Avatars in networked virtual environments
| Avatars in networked virtual environments |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Disciplina | 006.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Avatars (Virtual reality)
Shared virtual environments Interactive multimedia Engineering & Applied Sciences Computer Science |
| ISBN |
1-280-55514-9
9786610555147 0-470-85217-8 0-470-84176-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911019244603321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse
| Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 006.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EnsslinAstrid
MuseEben J |
| Collana | Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture |
| Soggetto topico |
Human-computer interaction
Virtual reality Online social networks Online identities Second Life (Game) - Social aspects Avatars (Virtual reality) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-15136-7
1-136-80928-7 9786613151360 0-203-82857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Eben Muse and Astrid Ensslin -- Creating second communities. Liberate your avatar: the revolution will be socially networked / Paul Sermon and Charlotte Gould -- An imagined community of avatars : a theoretical interrogation of "Second life" as nation through the lens of Benedict Anderson's imagined communities / Kevin Miguel Sherman -- Programming processes: controlling "second lives" / Elizabeth Burgess -- Creating second identities. Embodiment and gender identity in virtual worlds: reconfiguring our "volatile bodies" / Sonia Fizek and Monika Wasilewska -- The body of the avatar: constructing human presence in virtual worlds / Denise Doyle -- The grips of fantasy: the construction of female characters in and beyond virtual game worlds / Isamar Carrillo Masso -- Creating second spaces. Second chances: depictions of the natural world in "Second life" / Joseph S. Clark -- Avatar needs and the remediation of architecture in "Second life" / Astrid Ensslin -- The event of space: defining place in a virtual landscape / Eben Muse -- Afterword / Tom Boellstorff. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461332203321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse
| Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 006.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EnsslinAstrid
MuseEben J |
| Collana | Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture |
| Soggetto topico |
Human-computer interaction
Virtual reality Online social networks Online identities Second Life (Game) - Social aspects Avatars (Virtual reality) |
| ISBN |
1-283-15136-7
1-136-80928-7 9786613151360 0-203-82857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Eben Muse and Astrid Ensslin -- Creating second communities. Liberate your avatar: the revolution will be socially networked / Paul Sermon and Charlotte Gould -- An imagined community of avatars : a theoretical interrogation of "Second life" as nation through the lens of Benedict Anderson's imagined communities / Kevin Miguel Sherman -- Programming processes: controlling "second lives" / Elizabeth Burgess -- Creating second identities. Embodiment and gender identity in virtual worlds: reconfiguring our "volatile bodies" / Sonia Fizek and Monika Wasilewska -- The body of the avatar: constructing human presence in virtual worlds / Denise Doyle -- The grips of fantasy: the construction of female characters in and beyond virtual game worlds / Isamar Carrillo Masso -- Creating second spaces. Second chances: depictions of the natural world in "Second life" / Joseph S. Clark -- Avatar needs and the remediation of architecture in "Second life" / Astrid Ensslin -- The event of space: defining place in a virtual landscape / Eben Muse -- Afterword / Tom Boellstorff. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789563803321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse
| Creating second lives : community, identity and spatiality as constructions of the virtual / / edited by Astrid Ensslin and Eben Muse |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 006.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EnsslinAstrid
MuseEben J |
| Collana | Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture |
| Soggetto topico |
Human-computer interaction
Virtual reality Online social networks Online identities Second Life (Game) - Social aspects Avatars (Virtual reality) |
| ISBN |
9786613151360
9781283151368 1283151367 9781136809286 1136809287 9780203828571 0203828577 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Eben Muse and Astrid Ensslin -- Creating second communities. Liberate your avatar: the revolution will be socially networked / Paul Sermon and Charlotte Gould -- An imagined community of avatars : a theoretical interrogation of "Second life" as nation through the lens of Benedict Anderson's imagined communities / Kevin Miguel Sherman -- Programming processes: controlling "second lives" / Elizabeth Burgess -- Creating second identities. Embodiment and gender identity in virtual worlds: reconfiguring our "volatile bodies" / Sonia Fizek and Monika Wasilewska -- The body of the avatar: constructing human presence in virtual worlds / Denise Doyle -- The grips of fantasy: the construction of female characters in and beyond virtual game worlds / Isamar Carrillo Masso -- Creating second spaces. Second chances: depictions of the natural world in "Second life" / Joseph S. Clark -- Avatar needs and the remediation of architecture in "Second life" / Astrid Ensslin -- The event of space: defining place in a virtual landscape / Eben Muse -- Afterword / Tom Boellstorff. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910961923503321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Online virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : applications and avatars in a user-generated medium : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, April 1, 2008
| Online virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : applications and avatars in a user-generated medium : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, April 1, 2008 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 82 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Virtual reality - Social aspects
Second Life (Game) - Social aspects Avatars (Virtual reality) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Online virtual worlds |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699225603321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Second Life Herald [[electronic resource] ] : the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse / / Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace
| The Second Life Herald [[electronic resource] ] : the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse / / Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace |
| Autore | Ludlow Peter <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WallaceM <1955-> (Mark) |
| Soggetto topico |
Second Life (Game)
Avatars (Virtual reality) Tabloid newspapers - Computer programs Shared virtual environments Internet |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-09917-5
9786612099175 0-262-27863-4 1-4356-0602-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452100403321 |
Ludlow Peter <1957->
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| Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Second Life Herald [[electronic resource] ] : the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse / / Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace
| The Second Life Herald [[electronic resource] ] : the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse / / Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace |
| Autore | Ludlow Peter <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WallaceM <1955-> (Mark) |
| Soggetto topico |
Second Life (Game)
Avatars (Virtual reality) Tabloid newspapers - Computer programs Shared virtual environments Internet |
| ISBN |
1-282-09917-5
9786612099175 0-262-27863-4 1-4356-0602-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The death of Urizenus -- Inside the virtual world -- Slinging bolts at the robot factory -- A day in the life of a techno-pagan newsroom -- Dollars and cyberspace -- The case of the broken jaw -- Crossing the line: scamming, griefing, and real-world crime -- Down the rabbit hole -- "Cyber me, baby!": sex, love, and software in the virtual world -- Murdered! -- Behind the pixel curtain -- Taking it to the virtual streets -- Into the code: exploits, mods, and hacks -- The resurrection of Urizenus Sklar -- The power of the virtual press -- Ruling the metaverse -- The day the grid disappeared -- The metaverse is born. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778104403321 |
Ludlow Peter <1957->
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| Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / / Alain Berthoz
| The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / / Alain Berthoz |
| Autore | Berthoz Alain |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Disciplina | 153 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WeissGiselle |
| Soggetto topico |
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology) Mind and reality Brain Identity (Psychology) Avatars (Virtual reality) |
| ISBN |
9780674972810
0674972813 9780674972834 067497283X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I: The Vicarious Act -- 1. The Brain as a Problem- Solver -- 2. Perceiving and Acting -- 3. The Personal Body, Self, and Identity -- 4. Vicariance and Changing Perspective -- Part II: Ontogenesis and Plasticity -- 5. The Stages of Vicariance -- 6. Vicariance and Brain Plasticity -- Part III: Vicariance and Sharing Emotions -- 7. Sympathy and Empathy -- 8. Vicarious Emotions -- Part IV: Education -- 9. Vicarious Learning -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157439003321 |
Berthoz Alain
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| Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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