Virtual Reality: Representations in Contemporary Media

by Melanie Chan

Book Overview

The idea of virtual realities has a long and complex historical trajectory, spanning from Plato's concept of the cave and the simulacrum, to artistic styles such as Trompe L'oeil, and more recently developments in 3D film, television and gaming. However, this book will pay particular attention to the time between the 1980s to the 1990s when virtual reality and cyberspace were represented, particularly in fiction, as a wondrous technology that enabled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441175318
• ISBN13: 9781441175311
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"