(IN)Visible

By:

Patricia Garcia Plascencia

Chapter 4 Blending the Real and the Virtual

•New technologies have created new forms of communications

* Examples: Social networks, Skype, Messenger, Text Messages, Face Time, OnStar, GPS, etc.

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• Terms • Augmented -

to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.• Reality System(Azuma)- one that combines real and

virtual, is interactive in real time is registered in 3D• Mediated Reality-refers to the ability to add to, subtract

information from, or otherwise manipulate one's perception of reality through the use of a wearable computer or hand-held device such as a smart phone.

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• George Stratton – created special glasses, to show that one sees a world that closely related to ones body. • Wanted to be able to illustrate that the

togetherness that occurs in a more physical level, beyond just two flat objects coming together to form a physical object. • He came to the conclusion that once one enters

the virtual world, a sensation occurs that’s meaningful, correlative, liable and habitual.

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•Merleau-Ponty- To his observations, the body is a place that expresses movement and a medium for perception of the world. •When the body has an experience,

perception and meaning are put into play by thought • This idea gave insight to others as to

what kind of response entering the virtual world did and caused to people

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• The process of embodiment is essential for communicating in virtual environments and being able to interact. • The ability to touch, hear, and see are

probably the most important senses to lead to full submission into a virtual world.

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•An Australian Artist Stelarc, states that when in a virtual world one stops assuming their personal entity and takes on a new one once inside the virtual reality• This new entity is a fragment of the person

they wish to be or wish to be more alike • Example: That YouTube video we saw in

class with the couple that fell in love

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• Experiments where conducted to show what are the results and or the events that take place in the brain when being in a virtual world • Results: • The brain believes whatever is seen over

anything else. • The brain will feel fake limbs as if they

are part of the actual body

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•Media was discussed as another form of virtual reality in the form that when presented with a news cast you are being sucked into a “world” of information and are putting your surroundings on hold to pay attention to the news. Also in the form that T.V shows serve as a world where we get caught up in them, taking us into a different world per say.

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Presented By:

Patricia Garcia Plascencia