The ongoing blending of real and virtual worlds is causing all sorts of predictable challenges, as opportunities to reshape spaces from scratch come up against existing real-world prejudices and limitations. The metaverse is not without its critics, many of whom are making pioneering ventures into its unforged landscape in order...
Love them or hate them, virtual worlds are here to stay; and three new books explore their charms and challenges
The ongoing blending of real and virtual worlds is causing all sorts of predictable challenges, as opportunities to reshape spaces from scratch come up against existing real-world prejudices and limitations. The metaverse is not without its critics, many of whom are making pioneering ventures into its unforged landscape in order to challenge these presumptions – the recentVideo games have been bridging this gap for decades.
To the contemporary city dweller without outside space, spare time, or transportation, a console or PC is a primary form of escapism. These aren’t good things, necessarily, but the emotional heft of an immersive video game doesn’t care if the wind rustling through grass or the rippling reflection of neon in a puddle is real or not; the brain tends to treat it in much the same way. Thames & Hudson’sstarts with the premise that ‘video games are a visual art’.
The influence of cinema is immediately apparent in almost all these case studies, but while ever-accelerating computing power increases photo-realism, it also throws up new complexities and opportunities.
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