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Metaverse

2023-03-14T12:05:06Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "In Science Fiction, the metaverse refers to the hypothetical idea of a single universal immersive virtual world accessible through virtual reality headsets. In practice, the m..."

In Science Fiction, the metaverse refers to the hypothetical idea of a single universal immersive virtual world accessible through virtual reality headsets.
In practice, the metaverse has come to refer to a network of social virtual worlds. I would argue that Second Life and VRChat are the preeminent examples of metaverses with significant user bases.

Virtual Reality

2023-03-14T12:04:55Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Virtual Reality refers specifically to computer generated environments that are presented using head mounted displays to give an immersive experience of a virtual world"

Virtual Reality refers specifically to computer generated environments that are presented using head mounted displays to give an immersive experience of a virtual world

Virtual Art

2023-03-14T12:04:44Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Virtual Art refers to art which is virtualised or uses some kind of immersive technologies. The term includes a huge range of virtualised and immersive mediums, such as older..."

Virtual Art refers to art which is virtualised or uses some kind of immersive technologies. The term includes a huge range of virtualised and immersive mediums, such as older “expanded cinema” technologies and virtual worlds like Second Life which are not played on a VR headset.

Immersive Technologies

2023-03-14T12:04:35Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Technologies which allow for the production of immersive experience. This can range from elaborate immersive exhibition designs, stereoscopic lenses, spatial sound systems, ta..."

Technologies which allow for the production of immersive experience. This can range from elaborate immersive exhibition designs, stereoscopic lenses, spatial sound systems, tactile and haptic feedback, to head-mounted displays for virtual reality.

Visual Technologies

2023-03-14T12:04:24Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Technologies that allow for visual representation. This refers to the technical skill and equipment required for a wide range mediums that use technologies - such as photograp..."

Technologies that allow for visual representation. This refers to the technical skill and equipment required for a wide range mediums that use technologies - such as photography, cinema, video games, etc.

Video Game

2023-03-14T12:04:09Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A video game is an electronic game that uses an input device such as a keyboard or controller to generate audiovisual feedback. Video games are usually defined based on their..."

A video game is an electronic game that uses an input device such as a keyboard or controller to generate audiovisual feedback. Video games are usually defined based on their platforms:

* Arcade video game
* Home consoles like Playstation/Xbox
* Handheld console like Nintendo Switch/Steam deck.
* Computer games for PC/Mac
* Mobile games for Android/iOS
* Browser-based games using different programming platforms like flash/java
* Virtual Reality games using head mounted display systems such as Meta Quest 2, Valve Index, Pico Neo Eye 2, HTC Vive. etc - which can be further divided into tethered/non-tethered systems and also divided into PC or Mobile processor systems

Video games may also be categorised based on genres such as Platformer, Shooter, Survival, Rhythm, Puzzle, Narrative, Interactive Movie.

As the definition of a “video game” is very wide, this term may not be the most useful.

Game Engine

2023-03-14T12:03:43Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A game engine is a software framework for the development of video and computer games such as Unity or Unreal Engine."

A game engine is a software framework for the development of video and computer games such as Unity or Unreal Engine.

Embodied Cognition

2023-03-14T12:03:32Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Embodied cognition is the theory that human cognition of how we understand the world is shaped by aspects of our body and what we use to interact with the world."

Embodied cognition is the theory that human cognition of how we understand the world is shaped by aspects of our body and what we use to interact with the world.

Embodiment

2023-03-14T12:03:20Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Embodiment is the perception of being inside a body and having the ability to control the body and that it belongs to us. This could be in terms of how the virtual body become..."

Embodiment is the perception of being inside a body and having the ability to control the body and that it belongs to us. This could be in terms of how the virtual body becomes a substitute for our real body, or how it extends or limits our real body in the virtual world.

Immersion

2023-03-14T12:03:10Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Immersion is the perception of being physically present in the world, even if it is a virtual and non-physical world. For example, this perception can be created by just visua..."

Immersion is the perception of being physically present in the world, even if it is a virtual and non-physical world. For example, this perception can be created by just visual immersion in the VR headset, but also through spatial sound and other stimuli in the environment.

Spatial Theory

2023-03-14T12:02:53Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A broad term I am using to describe critical theories about space, usually of a neo-marxist postmodern nature, which I wish to use in this thesis."

A broad term I am using to describe critical theories about space, usually of a neo-marxist postmodern nature, which I wish to use in this thesis.

Spatial Turn

2023-03-14T12:01:37Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A “spatial turn” in the arts and humanities has been observed by many scholars, which means that space has become the lens through which we understand the world. Eg: throu..."

A “spatial turn” in the arts and humanities has been observed by many scholars, which means that space has become the lens through which we understand the world. Eg: through the work of neo-marxist and postmodern theorists such as Lefebvre, Jameson, and Foucault.

Situationism

2023-03-14T12:01:09Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A term coined in 1945 at the founding of the Situationist International - which has roots in libertarian marxism and avant-garde art (dadaism, surrealism). The key concepts of..."

A term coined in 1945 at the founding of the Situationist International - which has roots in libertarian marxism and avant-garde art (dadaism, surrealism). The key concepts of the “situation” was that it could be a tool for the liberation of everyday life.
Other key concepts: Derive, Spectacle.

Psychogeography

2023-03-14T12:01:00Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "A term coined by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord to explore how different places make us feel and behave. Originally inspired by Baudelaire’s concept of the flaneur - an urb..."

A term coined by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord to explore how different places make us feel and behave. Originally inspired by Baudelaire’s concept of the flaneur - an urban wanderer. Walter Benjamin, in his writing on Baudelaire, described the flâneur as the essential figure of the modern urban spectator.

Artistic Practice

2023-03-14T12:00:41Z

WikiSysop: Created page with "Artistic practice refers to the ways in which an artist goes about making a work, in terms of the tools, skills, physical activities, and also the concepts, ideology, and hist..."

Artistic practice refers to the ways in which an artist goes about making a work, in terms of the tools, skills, physical activities, and also the concepts, ideology, and historical lineage to which the artist and their audience perceives their work fitting into.