Immersive Embodiment: Theatres of Mislocalized Sensation

by Liam Jarvis

Book Overview

This book offers a wide-ranging examination of acts of 'virtual embodiment' in performance/gaming/applied contexts that abstract an immersant's sense of physical selfhood by instating a virtual body, body-part or computer-generated avatar. Emergent 'immersive' practices in an increasingly expanding and cross-disciplinary field are coinciding with a wealth of new scientific knowledge in body-ownership and self-attribution. A growing understanding of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030279731
• ISBN13: 9783030279738
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"