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MACHINE VISION - JILL WALKER RETTBERG KARTONIER...

Humans have used technology to expand our limited vision for millennia  from the invention of
the stone mirror 8000 years ago to the latest developments in facial recognition and augmented
reality. We imagine that technologies will allow us to see more  to see differently and even to
see everything. But each of these new ways of seeing carries its own blind spots. In this
illuminating book  Jill Walker Rettberg examines the long history of machine vision. Providing
an overview of the historical and contemporary uses of machine vision  Rettberg unpacks how
technologies like smart surveillance cameras and TikTok filters are changing the way we see the
world and each other. By analysing fictional and real-world examples  including art  video
games and science fiction  the book shows how machine vision can have very different cultural
impacts  fostering both sympathy and community as well as anxiety and fear. Combining
ethnographic and critical media studies approaches alongside personal reflections  Machine
Vision is an engaging and eye-opening read. It is suitable for students and scholars of digital
media studies  science and technology studies  visual studies  digital art and science fiction
as well as for general readers interested in the impact of new technologies on society.

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