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Mixed Reality technologies, in which our physical world is intertwined with elements of digital, virtual ""worlds,"" are on the cusp of widespread adoption. However, important questions about what these technologies will do to the world around us, how we will move through these new environments, and how we will interact with each other remain under-examined. In Environmental Justice in Digital Worlds, Ian Werkheiser uses theories of environmental philosophy and related fields to explore how Mixed Reality technologies will reshape our environment. How, and how much, can the risks of this new technology be avoided? To what extent are they inherent in technology, and are those costs worth the potential benefits? Through conversations with engineers and designers working at the cutting edge of these technologies, and with activists working on issues of environmental justice, Werkheiser takes the reader on a journey into what kind of future these new technologies may create.

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Ian Werkheiser is Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he is also the Graduate Program Coordinator for the MS in Bioethics and Co-Director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics. He co-founded the Digital Worlds Workshop, which examines issues in our increasingly digital environments. His research focuses on the interaction between emerging technology and communities' responses to food system and environmental problems.

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