Second Lives - Softcover

Second Lives

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 362 pages. Cover wornWe've always dreamed of perfect places: Eden, heaven, Oz - places over the ra inbow, beyond death and loss. Now, through computer technology, we can inhabit those worlds together. Each week, between 35 and 50 million people worldwide ab andon reality for virtual worlds. In Boston, Massachusetts, a group of nine disa bled men and women inhabit one virtual body, which frees them from their lifelon g struggle to be seen and heard. The Pentagon has begun to develop virtual world s to help in real-world battles. In Korea, where one particular game has 8 milli on residents, virtual violence has spread into the real world. Fortunes have bee n made, and mafia gangs have emerged to muscle in on the profits. In these new computer-generated places, which at first glance seem free from trouble and sor row, you can create a new self. With the click of a mouse you can select eye col our, face shape, height, even wings. You can build houses, make and sell works o f art, earn real money, get married and divorced. On websites like eBay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual property for real cash - for a total of 4 00 million worth each year. Tim Guest takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking-glass, as he investigates one of the most bizarre phenom ena of the 21st century. Artikel-Nr. 2598a

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