Virtual reality (VR) technology has been developed commercially since the early 1990s 1]. Yet it is only with the growth of the Internet and other high-bandwidth links that VR systems have increasingly become networked to allow users to share the same virtual environment (VE). Shared YEs raise a number of interesting questions: what is the difference between face-to-face interaction and interaction between persons inside YEs? How does the appearance of the "avatar" - as the graphical representation of the user has become known - change the nature of interaction? And what governs the...
Virtual reality (VR) technology has been developed commercially since the early 1990s 1]. Yet it is only with the growth of the Internet and other hi...
An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions.
An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural po...
