Making sense of space : the design and experience of virtual spaces as a tool for communication / Iryna Kuksa, Mark Childs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuksa, Iryna, author.

Childs, Mark, 1963- author.

Series:

Chandos information professional series.

Chandos Information Professional Series, 2052-2118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-computer interaction.

Virtual reality--Social aspects.

Virtual reality.

Communication and technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The use of Virtual Worlds (VWs) has increased in the last decade. VWs are used for communication, education, community building, creative arts, and more. A good deal of research has been conducted into learning and VWs, but other areas remain ripe for investigation. Factors from technological platforms to the nature and conventions of the communities that use VWs must be considered, in order to achieve the best possible interaction between virtual spaces and their users. Making Sense of Space focuses on the background to these issues, describing a range of case studies conducted by the authors

Contents:

Cover; Making Sense of Space: The design and experience of virtual spaces as a tool for communication ; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Introduction; Introduction and rationale for the book; The structure of the book; Part 1: Spaces, presence, realities ...; 1:Remediating technology, translating experience, immersing in spaces; A history of virtual spaces and definitions of basic terms; Spaces in virtual and augmented reality: an explanation of the concept of telepresence and mixed reality; Cultural use of cyberspace - paradigms of digital reality

Remediation and translation: the different theoretical approaches adopted in this bookConclusion; Part 2: Creating virtual spaces; 2:Virtual spaces - 'work-in-progress': software, devices and design principles; 3:Art, history and culture in digital spaces; Note; 4:Theatre in the virtual day and age; Conclusion; Note; Part 3: Experiencing virtual spaces; 5:Two models to conceptualize space; Living in virtual spaces; The experience of spatiality; Emotional agency in virtual spaces; The engagement of belief; To Activity Theory and beyond; Notes

6:Other spaces, and other ways of making sense of themEntering into a world of make-believe; Neither here nor there - the state of metaxis; Passing between: crossing the threshold between realities; More spin on the concept: the dichotomy between apparent and actual intent; 7:First, second, third and fourth places - making extra sense of space; 8:Virtual worlds in education; The status of virtual worlds c. 2010; Conclusion; Notes; Part 4: Making sense of space - the practitioner perspective; 9:Moving towards the alien 'other' ...; Conclusion; Part 5: Conclusion

10:The future of spaces - physical or virtual?Digital to virtual: is cyberspace a space?; Moving from physical to virtual: losses and gains; Psychological and perceptual immersion in physical, virtual and augmented realities; Learning in virtual worlds; Communicating history in virtual worlds; Communicating performance in virtual worlds; Is the future 'phyrtual'?; Notes; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kuksa, Iryna Making Sense of Space

ISBN:

9781780634067

1780634064

OCLC:

871307419