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William Sims Bainbridge - The Virtual Future - 9781447126898 - V9781447126898
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The Virtual Future

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Description for The Virtual Future paperback. Series: Springer Series in Immersive Environments. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNV; UBJ; UG; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.

The newest communication technologies are profoundly changing the world's politics, economies, and cultures, but the specific implications of online game worlds remain mysterious.  The Virtual Future employs theories and methods from social science to explore nine very different virtual futures:  The Matrix Online, Tabula Rasa, Anarchy Online, Entropia Universe, Star Trek Online, EVE Online, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, and The Chronicles of Riddick

Each presents a different picture of how technology and society could evolve in coming centuries, but one theme runs through all of them, the attempt to escape the Earth and seek new destinies ... Read more

All nine of these fantastically rich multiplayer masterpieces have shown myriads of people that really radical alternatives to contemporary society could exist, and has served as a laboratory for examining the consequences.  Each is a prototype of new social forms, a utopian subculture, and a simulation of technologies that have yet to be invented.  They draw upon several different traditions of science fiction and academic philosophy, and they were created in several nations.  By comparing these nine role-playing fantasies, we can better consider what kind of world we want to inhabit in the real future.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Immersive Environments
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447126898
SKU
V9781447126898
Shipping Time
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99-15

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