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Experience on Demand

By: Jeremy Bailenson
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Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, pushing the limits of our imagination and granting us access to any experience imaginable. With well-crafted simulations, these experiences, which are so immersive that the brain believes they're real, are already widely available with a VR headset and will only become more accessible and commonplace. But how does this new medium affect its users, and does it have a future beyond fantasy and escapism?

In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson draws on two decades spent researching the psychological effects of VR and other mass media to help listeners understand this powerful new tool. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR and describes the profound ways this technology can be put to use - not to distance ourselves from reality, but to enrich our lives and influence us to treat others, the environment, and even ourselves better.

In the world of VR, a football quarterback plays a game against a competing team hundreds of times before even stepping onto the field; members of the United Nations embody a young girl in a refugee camp going through her day-to-day life; and veterans once again walk through the streets where they had experienced trauma.

There are dangers and many unknowns in using VR, but it can also help us hone our performance, recover from trauma, improve our learning and communication abilities, and enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities. Like any new technology, its most incredible uses might be waiting just around the corner. Experience on Demand is the definitive look at the risks and potential of VR - a must-listen for navigating both the virtual and the physical worlds ahead.

©2018 Jeremy Bailenson (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Computer Science Social Sciences Technology & Society Virtual World

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Highly Educational

Before this book I had a bad test for VR technology because of its adictivness & for all its inappropriate usage by people. Now VR is being used to treat patients, to educate about climate change and many more.The book gives you an indepth knowledge about its history, current usage & the future possibilities it has. I highly recommend this book.

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Very informative

This book is an excellent primer on the power of VR. While there are times the author’s political biases shine through, they are dwarfed in comparison to the large amount of information on VR’s development and potential uses.

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Excellent performance & absorbing story

Detailed book about VR and its problems from all perspectives, but not allways keeping the topic.

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Very Informative and Mostly Easy To Listen To

This book was extremely informative and simultaneously easy to follow. Each case study in VR is explicated with precision and unbiased enthusiasm for the medium. The second half tends to get a bit dry at moments, not helped by the audiobook narrator's often monotonous reading, but the contents of this rich and varied history of academic research in VR is too important to neglect, for VR enthusiasts, developers and persons with an interest in human psychology especially as it relates to and evolves alongside ever advancing tech.

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Virtual Reality for Improvements

This book is amazing. I recommend if you're looking to become some kind of virtual reality advocate. I couldn't put it into words but I always felt like VR was something more important than just gaming and entertainment. This book will go over all that.

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Must Listen for Tech People

Jeremy has put together a very thoughtful and well researched book on VR. More importantly, he does a great job simply and elegantly explaining the human aspects and implications. His examples of VR use in training for athletes, treating PTSD and as a learning tool are enlightening because he offers the potential risks and unknowns alongside the positives. This sober and rational approach is welcomed by those of us who strive to be objective and fully understand technology and humans. Thank you for an excellent book.

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the best book on VR hands down

there's no other book that comes close if you want to know more about VR either as a consumer or professional who may use VR

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A Somewhat Scary But Exciting Look at VR

I really enjoyed this book because it covers so many of the technical and societal issues around Virtual Reality. The author explains very clearly why VR is so powerful, and how it can help the world in different ways.

I also like how Mr. Bailenson draws from the past to explain how similar and different VR is to past media like Nickelodeons and present media like TV and full-length movies.

A wide range of issues are covered, from flight simulators to VR in news to video games and more. I highly recommend it, even in 2022, which is about 3 years after it was first published.

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it's an political book with a tech title

Was interesting until he started getting political. if your into Republican bashing and man made global warming propaganda then you might like this book.

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Good Book

This work,even though it was written in 2016, is an informative appraisal of the road from here

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