TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ventrella, Jeffrey
TI  - Virtual body languaje. The History and Future of Avatars: How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet  [Recurso electrónico]
SN  - 978-1-257-76355-9
CY  - ETC Press
KW  - Internet
KW  - Comunicación no verbal
KW  - Libros electrónicos
N1  - Why does the tail wag the brain? What is virtual autism? Why can't our avatars walk hand-in-hand? Will a nonverbal Babel fish save the world? Jeffrey Ventrella, a seasoned virtual worlds programmer and visual language expert, reviews the history of avatars, smileys, and other expressive forms, and considers a future of spectacular creativity. This book combines thoughtful scholarship with amusing anecdotes from the trenches of Silicon Valley. Virtual Body Language presents a thorough analysis of the neurological, linguistic, aesthetic, and technical aspects of how nonverbal communication can be distributed over the internet. Based on nearly a decade of avatar development, Ventrella has the practical foundation on which to justify even the most outrageous claims, regarding what "avatar" might mean in the future.
UR  - https://press.etc.cmu.edu/file/download/529/c8965880-f701-4f98-afcb-02cfbd30aaff
ER  -