Reading List: Immersive Technologies & International Relations
Setting the Stage
Ball, Matthew. “Framework for the Metaverse.” 2021
Dick, Ellysse. “Public Policy for the Metaverse: Key Takeaways from the 2021 AR/VR Policy Conference
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2021, (21 pages)
Marr, Bernard. “What Is Extended Reality Technology? A Simple Explanation For Anyone.”
Forbes, 2019
Morvan, Laurence, et al. “Waking Up to a New Reality.”
Accenture, 2019, (49 pages)
Soroushian, John. “Thinking Ahead about XR: Immersive Technologies and the Future.”
Bipartisan Policy Center, 2021
International Security
Amorim, Joni A., et al. “Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality Technologies: Enhancing Training and Mission Preparation with Simulations.”
NATO Modelling & Simulation Group (NMSG) Conference MSG-111, 2013
Beatrice, Adilin. “How Countries Use AR and VR in Defense to Attain Warfare Supremacy.”
Analytics Insight, 2021
DiploFoundation. “Report of ‘The Potential of Virtual Reality for Peace Mediation’ roundtable.”
Diplo, 2020
Johnston, Jenny. “Verification Goes Virtual.”
N Square, 2018
Pearlman, Kavya, et al. “Securing the Metaverse – Virtual Worlds Need REAL Governance.”
Presented at 2021 SISO [Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization] SIMposium, virtual conference, 2021, (13 pages)
Pool, Rebecca. Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Joins the Fight against Crime.
SPIE, 2019
Seffers, George I. “Virtual Reality a Friend And Foe in Terror Fight.”
SIGNAL Media, 2017
Suarez, Pablo. “Virtual reality for a new climate: Red Cross innovations in risk management.”
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2017
Economic Issues
Feldberga, Evita and Ellysse Dick. “Attracting Foreign Direct Investments Through Augmented and Virtual Reality.”
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2021, (23 pages)
Franks, Mary Anne. “The Desert of the Unreal: Inequality in Virtual and Augmented Reality.”
UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 51, pg. 499, 2017, (40 pages)
Gupta, Vikas. “The ‘Experience Economy’ is dead driving a boom in virtual reality.”
CNBC, 2020
Kharisma, Ary. “Augmented Reality: The Next Big Thing in Global Logistics?”
Global Trade Magazine, 2017
Democracy & Trust
Sidar, Cenk. “How Technology Can Restore Our Trust in Democracy.”
Foreign Policy, 2016
Turner, Fred. “The Politics of Virtual Reality.”
The American Prospect, 2015
Ethics & Human Rights
Basu, Tanya. “How to Get Lost in Augmented Reality.”
Inverse, 2016
Heller, Brittan. “Reimagining Reality: Human Rights and Immersive Technology.”
Carr Center for Human Rights, Issue 2020-008, 2020, (30 pages)
Jerome, Joseph and Jeremy Greenberg. “Augmented Reality + Virtual Reality: Privacy & Autonomy Considerations in Emerging, Immersive Digital Worlds.”
Future of Privacy Forum, 2021, (40 pages)
Rodriquez, Katitza and Kurt Obsahl. “Augmented Reality Must Have Augmented Privacy.”
Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2020
Rouse, Rebecca. “Against the Instrumentalization of Empathy: Immersive Technologies and Social Change.”
In: Fisher, J. A., Ed. Augmented and Mixed Reality for Communities. Taylor & Francis CRC Press. pp. 3-19, 2021, (14 pages)
National Initiatives in the Metaverse
eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government. “Immersive technologies – Tech trends position statement.”
Australian Government, 2020
Joo-heon, Kim. “Seoul to offer metaverse-based administrative services by 2026.”
Aju Business Daily, 2021
Mitra, Kristin. “Virtual Reality Emerges in International Exchanges in Egypt – A Glimpse into the Future.”
U.S. Department of State, 2021
Thurman, Andrew. “Barbados to Become First Sovereign Nation With an Embassy in the Metaverse.”
CoinDesk, 2021
XR and Labor
De Stefano, Valerio, Antonio Aloisi, and Nicola Countouris. “The Metaverse is a Labor Issue.”
Social Europe, 2022
Safety
Bosworth, Andrew. “Keeping People Safe in VR and Beyond.”
Facebook Technologies, LLC., 2021
Omerus, Will. “Kids Are Flocking to Facebook’s ‘Metaverse.’ Experts Are Worried that Predators Will Follow.”
The Washington Post, 2022
Our Immersive Digital Future: How Extended Reality May Affect International Relations
Adam Zable
Koch Research Fellow – Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub