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"Preface" [2018] ELECD 1372; in Barfield, Woodrow; Blitz, J. Marc (eds), "Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) xiv

Book Title: Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality

Editor(s): Barfield, Woodrow; Blitz, J. Marc

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786438584

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

Preface Recent advances in computer display technology are changing the way we perceive and interact with the world--and, by doing so, are challenging the law on several fronts. Not the least of these are disputes that involve the design and use of virtual and augmented reality worlds. Once fledgling technologies that resulted in theoretical discussions of what law "might" apply, virtual and augmented reality are now mainstream, giving rise to legal disputes in the here and now. Courts are already struggling with questions of who has property rights in virtual content and they are beginning to wrestle with questions that arise when our interaction with virtual and augmented reality spills out into "brick and mortar" interactions. The goal of the Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality is to provide an up-to-date discussion of such legal questions, as well as those which may arise as the technology continues to develop and find use in more and more spheres of our daily lives. Just as consumers' embrace of the Internet transformed the way people communicated, worked, shopped, invested their money, and shaped and tended to their reputations--and raised numerous legal questions as it did so--so might virtual and augmented reality change the way we experience public space and interact with each other, and, in doing so, require a rethinking of many areas of law. The transformation of society generated by virtual and augmented reality technologies is likely to bring novel changes. These technologies ...