A Wired senior editor and virtual reality expert presents a
captivating, candid glimpse into the future "realities" of this
emerging technology: how we will use it to form previously
impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and
how it will forever change human connection. Heralded as the most
significant technological innovation since the smartphone, virtual
reality is poised to transform our very notions of life and
humanity. Though this tech is still in its infancy, to those on the
inside, it is the future. VR will change how we work, how we
experience entertainment, how we feel pleasure and other emotions,
how we see ourselves, and most importantly, how we relate to each
other in the real world. And we will never be the same. Peter
Rubin, senior culture editor for Wired and the industry's go-to
authority on the subject, calls it an "intimacy engine." While once
we needed another person to feel the sensations of closeness,
trust, vulnerability, confidence, and titillation, VR will give us
the ability to induce these sensations by ourselves for the first
time in human history. This metamorphosis, Rubin argues, is going
to have a powerful impact on relationships that will ripple
throughout our society and our individual lives. A journey into
this uncertain future and a glimpse at the cultural implications
and promises of a new reality, Future Presence explores a host of
complex questions about what makes us human, what connects us, and
what is real. Offering a glimpse into the mind-blowing things
happening in universities, labs, and tech companies around the
world, Rubin leads readers on an entertaining tour of the weirdest,
wildest corners of this fascinating new universe. Describing this
book as "half travelogue and half crystal ball", Rubin will:
Introduce readers to the creators and consumers of VR technology
Show readers what an experience is like inside the current VR
devices Explain how this technology will upend everything we know
about human connection in the future At once the incredible,
inevitable story of virtual reality's rise and a look towards the
future of our fantasies, Future Presence is a deeply personal
examination of what connects us, and an analysis of what
relationships, empathy, and sex could look like-sooner than we
think.
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