The Machine as an Extension of the Body: When Identity, Immersion and Interactive Design Serve as Both Resource and Limitation for the Disabled

This research explores how the technological affordances of emerging social virtual environments and VR platforms where individuals from an online disability community are represented in avatar form, correspond to these users’ development of embodied identity, ability, and access to work and social...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Donna Z. Davis, Shelby Stanovsek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Communication and Social Robotics Labs 2021-01-01
Series:Human-Machine Communication Journal
Subjects:
vr
Online Access:https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/vol2/iss1/6/