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VIRTUAL REALITIES IBD

MICK BRODERICK / STUART MARSHALL BENDER
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
09 / 2022
9783030825492
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Sinopsis

Virtual Realitiesápresents a ground-breaking application of phenomenology as a critical method to explore the impact of immersive media. Specific case studies examine 360-degree documentary productions about trauma, virtual military simulations, VR exposure therapy for anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder, and the emerging debate about regulating violent content in immersive media gaming. By addressing these texts primarily as experiences,áVirtual Realitiesádeploys an analytic and critical methodology that is sensitive to the bodily and cognitive impact of immersive media, especially via the body of an appropriately attentive researcher-critic.áVirtual Realitiesáprovokes a rethinking of many of the taken-for-granted ideas and assumptions circulating in the field of immersive media. These include concepts of empathy, embodiment, the affective impact of textual and immersive properties on the usersâÇÖáexperience, as well as theá'gee-whizz'ámentality often associated with approaches to the medium.áThe case studies provide fresh engagement with immersive media such as cinematic VR at a time when dominant attitudes about the technology display an evangelical fascination with VR and other mixedárealities as inexorably beneficial.áVirtual Realitiesámakes a compelling case for VR-phenomenology to be employed as a methodology by humanities scholarsáand alsoáin cross-disciplinary applications of immersive media in fields such as psychology, human-computer interaction studies and the healthásciences.