What became of the promise of Virtual Reality (VR) - the computer-simulated environment that mimics places in the real world or imagined worlds? When they manage to pull off that trick to perfection I'll be sold on computer games. "Chaos magician" Ramsey Dukes claimed (in his book Words Made Flesh) that if they ever do create a simulation that is indistinguishable from one's everyday experience people would have to include in the game's program some distinguishing personal feature - a tattoo, or a missing finger, for example - so that you could always check to see whether you're here, or there. Dukes also claimed that if you could access many worlds via VR that seem as authentic as our "consensus reality" it would be inevitable that people would start to treat their usual lives as if they also were simulations . . . with intriguing consequences.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > I knew those guys. The company was backed by a band leader from Florida. > > On 08/25/2013 07:18 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > How about Castle Wolfenstein? > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Seraphita s3raphita@... > > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > *Sent:* Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:05 PM > > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Nidal Hassan Is Found Guilty > > > > After the war the game of chess was also forbidden in case it stirred > > up military ambitions. What would they have thought of "Call of Duty" > > and "Grand Theft Auto"? > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > Or the mass-rape of German culture by the Americans after the war. > > They weren't even allowed to sing their own national anthem in school > > ! And if their cities were not completely destroyed by allied bombing > > the new buildings built by architects from all over the world > > certainly has made the alienation complete. Just go to Berlin and see > > for yourself, it's a complete mess except for small enclaves dotted > > around the city that have hold on to some old charm. > > > > > > > > > >
