Understanding Virtual Reality: Challenging Perspectives for Media Literacy and Education

ISBN-13: 9780367337025 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

UK) McDougall Julian (Bournemouth University

Opis

This book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives for learning and understanding cultural diversities.

Spis treści

List of Contributors;  Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  Part I: Introducing Reality;  1. The Virtual Archives;  2. The Virtual Space;  3. A Multitude of Literacies;  Part II: Understanding VR;  4. Understanding VR;  5. Virtual Encounters;  6. Understanding VR Audiences;  7. Teaching XR: Digital Inequalities and Education;  8. How to Use Social VR in Higher Education: Case Study of JUXYR Campus in Finland;  9. The Moral Metaverse: Establishing an Ethical Foundation for XR Design;  10. “Unruly Encounters”: Literacies of Error in Immersive Virtual Environments;  11. A Virtual Journey Towards New Literacies;  Part III: An Immersive Literacy;  12. Presenting New Literacies;  13. Into the Metaverse