What is it like to perceive a virtual object through the sensed presence of a virtual body? How do subject-object relations occur and can be actualized in virtual environments? Zeynep Akbal explores the impact of virtual reality (VR) technology on the subjective experience of the body and situates the results in context with existing theories in media sciences and the phenomenology of bodily perception. This study presents VR technology as a tool that can be used to more closely examine and study the fundamental intersections of the humanities and the natural sciences that explore the nature of perception.

About the Author
Zeynep Akbal, born in 1986, works as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Neurosciences in Leipzig. She studied communication sciences, media sciences and media philosophy, and worked on developing her interdisciplinary method. She did her doctorate in philosophy at Universitat Potsdam. Her research focuses on the intersection of philosophy of perception and cognitive sciences.

Reviews
"Zeynep Akbal [...] lasst die Betrachtenden wie hinter der Iris des tanzenden Koerpers Platz nehmen. Man tanzt im Koerper einer anderen Person. Was das fur die eigene Wahrnehmung bedeutet, aber auch fur das Bild vom anderen, diskutiert die Medienwissenschaftlerin mit Leidenschaft." Arnd Wesemann, tanz, 10 (2023)



Book Information
ISBN 9783837666762
Author Zeynep Akbal
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 312g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 15mm * 1mm