Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Dynamics of Immersive Virtual Art 11
8. 2. Digital Knowing versus Digital Being 30
9. 3. Heidegger, Davies, and Technological Essence 42
10. 4. Substantial Essence 58
11. 5. On Up/Down Paradigms and the ‘Essence of Spatiality’ 75
12. 6. The Essence of Cyberspace and Immersive Virtual Spatiality 93
13. 7. Instincts and the Unconscious: Digital Transcendence and Essential Spatiality 108
14. 8. Speculative Inquiries into the Elements of Char Davies’ Immersive Virtual Art 125
15. Epilogue 143
16. Appendix 149
17. Notes 151
18. Index 185