Thursday at Train for Success: Jeremy Bailenson discusses new book, "Infinite Reality"
Jeremy Bailenson will discuss his new book "Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolutionis" (co-authored with Jim Blascovich). Dr. Bailenson is the director and cofounder of the Research Center for Virtual Environments at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is Distinguished Professor of Psychology.
Infinite Reality explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications will mean for the future of human life and society. Along the way, Bailenson and Blascovich examine the timeless philosophical questions of the self and "reality" that arise through the digital experience; explain how virtual reality's latest and future forms - including immersive video games and social-networking sites - will soon be seamlessly integrated into our lives; show the many surprising practical applications of virtual reality, from education and medicine to sex and warfare; and probe further-off possibilities like "total personality downloads" that would allow your great-great-grandchildren to have a conversation with "you" a century or more after your death.
When: Thursday, May 19, 9.00 am PT/noon ET/18.00 CET
Where: Second Life http://tinyurl.com/288mc52
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