The Switch : An off and on History of Digital Humans / Jason Puskar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puskar, Jason Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avatars (Virtual reality).

Human-computer interaction--History.

Human-computer interaction.

Computer simulation--History.

Computer simulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The Switch traces the rise of a technology that has transformed everyday life for billions of people: the binary switch. Chronicling its rapid growth since the mid-nineteenth century, Jason Puskar moves beyond a technical history to offer a cultural and political analysis of how reducing so much human action to binary alternatives has profoundly reshaped modern society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Awake at the Switch

Part I: Start

Chapter 1: Origin Stories

Chapter 2: Designing the Button

Chapter 3: Analogs and Analogies

Part II: Digital Bodies

Chapter 4: The Point of Touch

Chapter 5: Counting on the Body

Chapter 6: Darth Vader's Nipples

Part III: Keyboard Rationality

Chapter 7: The Keyboard's Checkered Past

Chapter 8: Human Types

Chapter 9: Chording and Coding

Chapter 10: The Archeology of QWERTY

Part IV: Objects of Play

Chapter 11: The Toys of Dionysus

Chapter 12: Pinball Wizards

Part V: Haptic Liberalism

Chapter 13: The Control Panel of Democracy

Chapter 14: Switching Philosophies

Chapter 15: Pistolgraphs

Chapter 16: First-Person Shooters

Epilogue: Self-Destruct

Notes

Index

About the Author

Color Insert.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Puskar, Jason The Switch

ISBN:

9781452970332

1452970335

9781452970325

1452970327

OCLC:

1402814683