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