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E-book The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel : Being in Virtual Places

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When physical travel to a specific place is prohibited or other-wise difficult or impossible, digital travel provides a promising alternative.The technology to do this is now widely available and many people havethe possibility to meet with others digitally, and thus alleviate the socialeffects of physical isolation. Digital travel can also be source of pleasureand entertainment, and many people spend time exploring and inter-acting in digital places, realistically rendering in 3D games. But despitethe recent upsurge in virtual social interaction, it does not meet many ofthe psychosocial aspects of the travel experience. In this book, we take afresh look at the nature of the telepresence experience in digital environ-ments. We also address a number of relevant questions, such as whetherthese experiences can seem real to the digital traveller and, if so, underwhat conditions and on what grounds. The history of travel goes hand in hand with the history of humanity.Travel and tourism are many-faceted, and can be studied using methodsfrom many research traditions. Very few researchers, or people in general,use the terms digital travel or virtual travel, even though conditions inour societies differ significantly from the recent past. Understanding whatthese terms mean needs to draw on a range of contexts and research tradi-tions, which is what we have attempted to do in this book. In tourismresearch, for example, the focus is often on the experience, what travellersdo and where they go (the destinations of travel). Telepresence research,a relatively new research area, often concerns how to understand why wehave a feeling of being there, in a virtual place, and how to measure thisexperience, but this has not often been framed asdigital travel.People increasingly travel, visit and meet other people digitally incomputer-mediated environments. The covid-19 pandemic, and therestrictions on physical meetings and travel that have come with it, hasresulted in an enormous change in behaviour and attitudes towards thepracticality and acceptability of replacing physical encounters with virtualones. Prior to this, videoconferencing and other technologies were alreadyused in business and as a way for families and friends to keep in touch overdistances. Recent developments have led to many other kinds of meetingsand events taking place without physical travel; for example, concerts,school and college classes, sports events, academic and other conferences,training and personal development courses and medical consultations.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

006.37 TJO t

Penerbit

Switzerland : Springer Nature., 2022

Deskripsi Fisik

160 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783030912727

Klasifikasi

006.37

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Computer Vision

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