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Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution by Jim Blascovich & Jeremy Bailenson

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Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution by Jim Blascovich & Jeremy Bailenson

Author:Jim Blascovich & Jeremy Bailenson [Blascovich, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-04-05T04:00:00+00:00


IN SUM, VIRTUAL REALITY PROVIDES “FOOTPRINTS” THAT CAN REVEAL who a person is, what they plan on doing, and whether they will succeed. While users in online worlds believe they are totally anonymous, nothing could be further from the truth. A virtual footprint tells us much about identity. There is a modern adage about Internet users, summed up in a 1993 New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Quite the contrary, say what one will, but with the bounty of tracking data, there is no way to hide the fact that one is a dog. Unlike with physical footprints left in the sand, there are no waves to wash away digital ones.



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