TY  - BOOK
AU  - Champion,Erik
TI  - Rethinking virtual places
T2  - The spatial humanities
SN  - 9780253058362
AV  - QA76.9.H85 C43 2021
U1  - 004.01/9 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Bloomington, Indiana
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Human-computer interaction
KW  - Virtual reality
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Environmental psychology
KW  - Cyberspace
KW  - Video games
KW  - Design
KW  - Environmental Psychology
KW  - Attitude to Computers
KW  - Cyberespace
KW  - Interaction personne-ordinateur
KW  - Jeux d'ordinateur
KW  - Conception
KW  - Psychologie de l'environnement
KW  - Réalité virtuelle
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - environmental psychology
KW  - aat
KW  - cyberspace
KW  - COMPUTERS / Computer Graphics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Computer games
KW  - fast
KW  - e-books
KW  - Livres numériques
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : rethinking virtual places -- A potted history of virtual reality -- Dead, dying, failed worlds -- Architecture : places without people -- Theories of place and cyberspace -- Rats and goosebumps : mind, body, and embodiment -- Games are not interactive places -- Do serious gamers learn from place? -- Cultural places -- Evaluating sense of place, virtual places, and virtual worlds -- Place-making interfaces and platforms -- Conclusion : dwelling, culture, care
N2  - "How would the humanities change if we grappled with the ways in which digital and virtual places are designed, experienced, and critiqued? In Rethinking Virtual Places, Erik M. Champion draws from the fields of computational sciences and other place-related disciplines to argue for a more central role for virtual space in the humanities. For instance, recent developments in neuroscience could improve our understanding of how people experience, store, and recollect place-related encounters. Similarly, game mechanics using virtual place design might make digital environments more engaging and learning content more powerful and salient. In addition, Champion provides a brief introduction to new and emerging software and devices and explains how they help, hinder, or replace our traditional means of designing and exploring places. Perfect for humanities scholars fascinated by the potential of virtual space, Rethinking Virtual Places challenges both traditional and recent evaluation methods to address the complicated problem of understanding how people evaluate and engage with the notion of place"--
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