Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9789048558766 |
| ISBN10: | 904855876X |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 534 pages |
| Size: | 944x962x15 mm |
| Weight: | 666 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 47 Illustrations, black & white; 5 Illustrations, color |
| 700 |
Category:
States of Immersion Across Media ? Bodies, Techniques, Practices
Bodies, Techniques, Practices
Series:
Cinema and Technology;
5;
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Date of Publication: 22 April 2025
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Immersion across media opens our perception to altered states of consciousness. Far from disconnecting us from our surroundings, these experiences reframe the ways we connect to the world and to others.
The constant onslaught of new technologies?each allegedly reaching closer to the holy grail of perfect immersion?provides a confusing yet stimulating playground for creators. Myriad new media forms redefine our immersive habits and patterns of gratification. Classical theories of immersion, focused on perceptual illusions or ideal flow states, cannot easily account for this confusing remix of audiovisual forms and practices.
In an age where the production of technologies and forms accelerates, States of Immersion Across Media invites readers to slow down and reflect on immersive practices, both new and old, their impact on our bodies, how they attune our affects, the disruptions they afford, and the creative encounters they generate.
"In a much-needed critical examination of immersion, a key concept of media theory, this remarkable anthology examines its manifestation in a variety of media?VR technology, computer games, film, participatory theater, and narrative fiction?discusses it from a phenomenological point of view, interviews content creators pursuing the experience, and interrogates the future of VR as an artistic and ludic medium."
-- Marie-Laure Ryan, Independent literary scholar and critic
"Running the gamut from virtual reality to film and game studies, theater to philosophy, this collection demonstrates the myriad ways the idea of immersion continues to inspire discussion and debate. Anyone interested in recent work on the concept, particularly in the Canadian context, need look no further."
-- Paul Roquet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
?This unique collection explores the concept of immersion from a variety of historical and critical perspectives. A key contribution to media studies, it is also a must-read for all those who wish to appreciate the cultural significance of VR and other new technologies of immersion.?
-- Jay David Bolter, Georgia Institute of Technology
The constant onslaught of new technologies?each allegedly reaching closer to the holy grail of perfect immersion?provides a confusing yet stimulating playground for creators. Myriad new media forms redefine our immersive habits and patterns of gratification. Classical theories of immersion, focused on perceptual illusions or ideal flow states, cannot easily account for this confusing remix of audiovisual forms and practices.
In an age where the production of technologies and forms accelerates, States of Immersion Across Media invites readers to slow down and reflect on immersive practices, both new and old, their impact on our bodies, how they attune our affects, the disruptions they afford, and the creative encounters they generate.
"In a much-needed critical examination of immersion, a key concept of media theory, this remarkable anthology examines its manifestation in a variety of media?VR technology, computer games, film, participatory theater, and narrative fiction?discusses it from a phenomenological point of view, interviews content creators pursuing the experience, and interrogates the future of VR as an artistic and ludic medium."
-- Marie-Laure Ryan, Independent literary scholar and critic
"Running the gamut from virtual reality to film and game studies, theater to philosophy, this collection demonstrates the myriad ways the idea of immersion continues to inspire discussion and debate. Anyone interested in recent work on the concept, particularly in the Canadian context, need look no further."
-- Paul Roquet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
?This unique collection explores the concept of immersion from a variety of historical and critical perspectives. A key contribution to media studies, it is also a must-read for all those who wish to appreciate the cultural significance of VR and other new technologies of immersion.?
-- Jay David Bolter, Georgia Institute of Technology
