A Glance into the Future
In the field of futurology, sometimes referred to as future studies, the goal is to study possible, probable, and preferable futures, and seek a systematic understanding of past and present in order to determine the likelihood of future events and trends
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Being Really Virtual Immersive Natives and the Future of Virtual Reality
Being Really Virtual
Frank Steinicke
Being Really Virtual Immersive Natives and the Future of Virtual Reality
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Frank Steinicke Human-Computer Interaction Research Group, Department of Informatics Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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With love to our son Frederik, for making our life a real pleasure
Preface
Today’s information and communication technologies (ICT) dominate most economic, cultural, and social practices of our world and have perhaps forever changed the ways how we work together, communicate with each other, or spend our leisure time. These digital technologies play an essential part in our daily life by now, and we cannot imagine living and working without computers, cell phones, email, instant messaging, or the Internet. As a matter of fact, the digital revolution has transferred many of our real-world activities to the virtual world. Examples include, but are not limited to communication, shopping, learning, fabrication, gaming, and even finding friends or life partners. As a result, humans often tend to spend more time in digital virtual worlds than in the real world; with a tendency to rise [1]. Popular examples of such
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