Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Alter Ego: Avatars and their Creatorsdoor Robbie Cooper
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is actually not very good, but, it's interesting. ( Saw some of it in a magazine someplace ) ( ) From Library It's difficult working in a great library and seeing so many of the books pass through your hands. I've only got 5 out at the moment... and two have now been read. This was a fascinating book - bascially a photography project undertaken by the author, where he takes a portrait of a... well, person involved in virtual worlds - I'd hesitate to call them "gamers" as there's a fair few Second Lifers in there and I know some of them (us?) don't do gaming or count SL as a game as such. Anyway, there's a portrait of the person, some info about their age, location, time online per week, and then on the opposite page a picture of their avatar and a paragraph about their feelings about avatars, the world they inhabit, etc. I was pleased to see there's a fairly big range of people, older and younger, male and female, different ethnicities, including some "famous" folk like that real estate woman in Second Life and some of the founders, also the chap who founded MUD1. I was interested to see that some people do, like me, create an avatar to resemble them accurately (including some people really steeped in the world, not just women light users like me) as well as those who enjoy the freedom to change gender, appearance, race and even species. A fairly quick read but ever so interesting. Matthew was interested to see I was reading it, as he read an article about the project in his Edge magazine ages ago! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Erelijsten
Photographer Robbie Cooper's Alter Ego explores personal and social identities being shaped in the metaverse at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Portraits of online gamers and virtual-world participants from America, Asia and Europe are paired with images of their avatars, with profiles of their real-world and virtual characters. The book is both an entertainment and a serious look at a phenomenon that is shaping the future of human interaction. With an introduction by Julian Dibbell and interviews and a glossary by Tracy Spaight. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)006.6Information Computing and Information Special Topics Computer GraphicsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |