Prototype worlds of video games

• Authors: Jakub Alejski

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the author analyzes the phenomenon of prototype worlds – synthetic environments of simulators, video games and other types of software – used to conduct experiments at the level of user sensorium, environmental physics and social design. The author presents the evolution of the concept, beginning with Buckminister Fuller’s World Game project, moving through media experiments in the field of game design, and finally presenting contemporary applications (such as a drone pilot training project for the U.S. Air Force) and their implications.

Keywords

EN

Game studies; synthetic ecologies; media design; Buckminister Fuller; prototype worlds

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 38
• Pages: 33-42

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Jakub Alejski

• Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000158281536

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2021.38.02

Biblioteka Nauki

1955355