Machine Vision - How Algorithms are Changing the Way We See the World (Paperback)

Humans have used technology to expand our limited vision for millennia, from the invention of the stone mirror 8000 years ago to the latest developments in facial recognition and augmented reality. We imagine that technologies will allow us to see more, to see differently and even to see everything. But each of these new ways of seeing carries its own blind spots.   In this illuminating book, Jill Walker Rettberg examines the long history of machine vision. Providing an overview of the historical and contemporary uses of machine vision, Rettberg unpacks how technologies like smart surveillance cameras and TikTok filters are changing the way we see the world and each other. By analysing fictional and real-world examples, including art, video games and science fiction, the book shows how machine vision can have very different cultural impacts, fostering both sympathy and community as well as anxiety and fear.   Combining ethnographic and critical media studies approaches alongside personal reflections, Machine Vision is an engaging and eye-opening read. It is suitable for students and scholars of digital media studies, science and technology studies, visual studies, digital art and science fiction, as well as for general readers interested in the impact of new technologies on society.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Jill Walker Rettberg
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	219
ISBN-13:	978-1-5095-4523-0
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-5095-4523-9
Barcode:	9781509545230

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