04050nam a2200625 i 4500 on1248599558 EBZ 20251029164058.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 210422s2022 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2021018486 EBZ eng EBZ 9781000452129 (epub) 1000452123 9781003107644 (ebk) 1003107648 1000452085 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781000452082 (electronic bk.) 9780367619251 (hbk) 9780367620424 (pbk) 9781003107644 Taylor & Francis pcc QA76.9.H85 PHI 001000 bisacsh ART 064000 bisacsh HPN bicssc MAIN Tavinor, Grant, author. 63995 The aesthetics of virtual reality / Grant Tavinor. New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier textual sapdv EBSCOhost Routledge research in aesthetics Includes bibliographical references and index. "This is the first book to present an aesthetics of virtual reality media. It situates virtual reality media in terms of the philosophy of the arts, comparing them to more familiar media such as painting, film and photography. When philosophers have approached virtual reality, they have almost always done so through the lens of metaphysics, asking questions about the reality of virtual items and worlds, about the value of such things, and indeed, about how they may reshape our understanding of the "real" world. Grant Tavinor finds that approach to be fundamentally mistaken, and that to really account for virtual reality, we must focus on the medium and its uses, and not the hypothetical and speculative instances that are typically the focus of earlier works. He also argues that much of the cultural and metaphysical hype around virtual reality is undeserved. But this does not mean that virtual reality is illusory or uninteresting; on the contrary, it is significant for the altogether different reason that it overturns much of our understanding of how representational media can function and what we can use them to achieve. The Aesthetics of Virtual Reality will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in aesthetics, philosophy of art, philosophy of technology, metaphysics, and game studies"-- Provided by publisher. EBSCOhost "EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Virtual reality Psychological aspects. 63996 Human-computer interaction Psychological aspects. 63997 Digital media Psychological aspects. 63998 Interactive multimedia Psychological aspects. 63999 Aesthetics. 64000 PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics bisacsh 64001 has work: Aesthetics of Virtual Reality (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD39XpRbTMxT9rFmMpmvFgC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Tavinor, Grant. Aesthetics of virtual reality New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367619251 (DLC) 2021018485 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2974439 EBSCOhost EBSC 2974439 92 N$T 55898 55898