Infinite reality: avatars, eternal life, new worlds, and the dawn of the virtual revolution

Abstract

April 7, 2011 Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution (Harper Collins, 2011) is the provocative new book from virtual reality’s most prolific authorities, Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson. Infinite Reality takes readers on a mind-bending journey through the universe of virtual reality, exploring notions of consciousness, perception, neuroscience, media technology, social interaction, and popular culture as they pertain to virtual reality. Blascovich and Bailenson examine how radical new developments in digital technologies will free the potential of the mind and change our understanding of what it means to be human.