Thomas Chesney
List of John Benjamins publications for which Thomas Chesney plays a role.
Article
2007 The illusion of love: Does a virtual pet provide the same companionship as a real one? Interaction Studies 8:2, pp. 337–342 | Article
The purpose of this short paper is to examine whether a screen based virtual pet, specifically Nintendogs, gives any form of companionship comparable to a real pet. Nintendogs runs on a Nintendo DS, a mobile games console. The unit has a full colour screen showing an animated puppy which users… read more