tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189247650303154337.post1225993913241756549..comments2023-10-03T05:56:23.291-04:00Comments on Brad Reason | Doubledown Tandino | Social Media | Second Life | Virtual Worlds: The 5 Science Fiction Tales That Made Us Love Virtual RealityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826783551439281499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189247650303154337.post-4191642209065918662009-11-17T19:41:59.865-05:002009-11-17T19:41:59.865-05:00Well if we're headed into the music video virt...Well if we're headed into the music video virtual reality realm, we have to include the two originals:<br /><br />Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing"<br /><br />and<br /><br />A-Ha: "Take on Me"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14826783551439281499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189247650303154337.post-69451004317339713312009-11-17T18:23:20.975-05:002009-11-17T18:23:20.975-05:00I would perhaps add the softly erotic video for Am...I would perhaps add the softly erotic video for Amazing by Aerosmith. Complete with VR goggles... and the dreamy sequence on the bike... Not bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189247650303154337.post-1433756016339756842009-11-15T22:43:44.990-05:002009-11-15T22:43:44.990-05:00The novels of Charles Stross and Greg Egan feature...The novels of Charles Stross and Greg Egan feature a lot of virtual reality.Troy Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15054194615439575237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189247650303154337.post-42344478491241171972009-11-15T17:05:13.707-05:002009-11-15T17:05:13.707-05:00"The Stars in My Pockets Like Grains of Sand&..."The Stars in My Pockets Like Grains of Sand", by Samuel R. Delany.<br /><br />This book has high information connections from galaxy wide data stores to individuals through a surgically implanted connections to the brain. Ones own memories "feel" different from information received over the web, they are fuzzy, less clearly and brightly outlined. (Published in 1985, it is the first time I have heard of the "web" and spider metaphor for the internet.)<br /><br />everyone lives in "virtual rooms", projected environments, similar to SL Holo-deck rooms. Similar to the whole of SL actually..<br /><br />It's a rolicking tale, a great trip. It ends in an uncomfortable way, like many of Delany's works. It's one of my favorites.<br /><br />Tomkin EulerDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268645404372418946noreply@blogger.com