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Tag Archives: Virtual Reality
Are We Living Haunted Lives?
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ‘Fear has many eyes And can see things underground’ ~Cervantes, Don Quixote The world as we know it has gone from being flat to round; from being the center of the universe to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented Reality, Consciousness, Consumerism, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, HyperNormal, media, modernity, Philosophy, Smartphone, Social Media, society, Spectacle, spirituality, technology, Truth, Virtual Reality
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Escapism as Spiritual Journey
By rahkyt Source: Sacred Space in Time People are racing to leave this world. Seriously. There are virtual reality worlds you can immerse yourself in, there are fantasy role-playing worlds too. One, you can put on a headset or stare … Continue reading
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Tagged Escapism, Extropian, spirituality, Transhumanism, Virtual Reality
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Saturday Matinee: VR Short Double Feature
“Uncanny Valley” (2015, dir. Federico Heller) uses a documentary format and virtual reality scenarios to depict a frightening world in which damaged individuals rely on VR as a means to escape their depressing social reality while being used by the … Continue reading
Pokémon and the Age of Augmented Hyper-Surreality
By Luther Blissett Imagine walking to a park in a fairly average medium-sized city on a warm Summer day. There you see groups, pairs and individuals of different ages and races slowly milling about, some with dogs, some with baby … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented Hyper-Surreality, Augmented Reality, Black Mirror, Digital Media, Dystopia, Google Niantic, Hyper-Reality, Hyper-Surreality, PKD, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Social Media, technology, Video Games, Virtual Reality
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David Cronenberg’s Videodrome Was a Technology Prophecy
Editor’s note: Since today marks director David Cronenberg’s 73rd birthday, it’s a good time to appreciate one of his greatest and most notorious works. Though my favorite of his remains the distinctly PKD-like eXistenZ, a close runner up is the … Continue reading