Ventrella, Jeffrey, J.Virtual Body Language – The History and Future of Avatars:
How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet.
Book web site: www.virtualbodylanguage.com.
Copyright © 2011 by Jeffrey Ventrella.
242 pages.Contents:
Faux Pas of an Unattended Avatar.
Body Language Goes Online.
From Microbes to Post-Humans.
Avatar-Centric Communication.
A Body Language Alphabet.
The Uncanny Valley of Expression.
The Gestural Turing Test.
The Tail Wagging the Brain.
erbal Ectoplasm.
The Three-Dimensional Music of Gaze.
Seven Hundred Puppet Strings.
oice as Puppeteer.
Looking Ahead.
Appendix: A Manifesto of Avatar Expression.
References.