We have had the ability to create virtual realities, since we have been telling stories around the fire. Today’s technological tools of immersive reality, like Oculus 2, have become very sophisticated. These alternate realities in my opinion should be as interactive as possible. I am not especially fond of sitting back and passively watching what …
Something amazing is happening: we are in the process of designing and deploying the tools that enable us to completely change how we define reality. We are augmenting what we used to call reality and extending the limits of the possible. The physical reality around you used to be your village, maybe 20 kilometers in …
The video of my seminar “Online Worlds And Second Life – Towards The Metaverse” is online on Google Video: If you can’t see the embedded video above, follow the direct link to it:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2588190120892764006
The Jesús Rafael Soto exhibit at Gamec, the Gallery of Modern Art in Bergamo, has a nice example of ‘ante literam’ virtual reality in this sphere created by our vision system through colored strings suspended between the floor, and the ceiling. Is there a sphere, isn’t there one?
