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The Virtual Future / by William Sims Bainbridge
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Springer Series in Immersive Environments | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: London : Springer London, 2011Description: Online-Ressource (VIII, 182p. 30 illus, digital)ISBN:- 9780857299048
- 006.8
- QA76.9.C66
- QA76.76.I59
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Summary: William Sims BainbridgeSummary: The newest communication technologies are profoundly changing the world's politics, economies, and cultures, but the specific implications of online gameworlds remain mysterious. The Virtual Future employs theories and methods from social science to explore nine very different virtual futures: The Matrix Online, Tabula Rasa, Anarchy Online, Entropia Universe, Star Trek Online, EVE Online, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Each presents a different picture of how technology and society could evolve in coming centuries, but one theme runs throPPN: PPN: 1651038880Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SCS
The Virtual Future; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: The City and the Stars; Science versus Fiction; Scenarios and Simulations; BioShock; StarCraft; Virtual Gameworlds; References; Chapter 2: The Matrix Online; Mega City; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Hacking and Coding; Exiles and Personalities; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Tabula Rasa; Exploring Two Worlds; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; The Logos Language; The Cultures of Spaceflight; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Anarchy Online; The Planet Rubi-Ka; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Anarchy Nanotechnology
Anarchy SocietyConclusion; References; Chapter 5: Entropia Universe; Exploring Calypso; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Colonizing Calypso; Social Implications; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Star Trek Online; Memory Alpha; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Episodes; Social Bugs; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: EVE Online; Republic Versus Empire; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Technology of the EVE Galaxy; Social Life Between the Stars; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Star Wars Galaxies; A Galaxy Far, Far Away; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Division of Labor
The Future of ReligionConclusion; References; Chapter 9: World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade; Two New Races; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Alchemy and Engineering in Outland; The Social Environment; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: The Chronicles of Riddick; A Dark World; Scientific and Philosophical Basis; Science and Technology in the New Media; Society of Darkness; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11: The Skylark and the Shuttle; Optimism Versus Pessimism; Gameworlds as Social Commentaries; The Future of Virtual Worlds; References; Index;
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