Omniscience

by Christophe Bruchansky

“Omniscience” is a sci-fi graphic novel. Its story is set in a hypothetical future where augmented reality has invaded our daily lives, thanks to contact lenses superimposing virtual characters into reality. One of these characters, Ingeborg, is particularly popular; she is like a second mother for generations of children, devoted and insightful. She is, however, disavowed by more and more of her subscribers – authorities suspecting her of being more harmful than beneficial to their well-being. This is what two teenagers are going to discover when they help a young fellow from their boarding school to find his parents, who abandoned him a few years earlier for an unknown reason...

Genres: Science Fiction

117 pages, ebook

Published April 13, 25

About the author

Belgian essayist and digital artist creating moving images, micro–art games, and virtual experiences.
My essays — published in AI & Society, Philosophy Now, and The Disconnect — explore the limits of self-determination in a world reshaped by technology.
My videos and installations stage the tension between fantasy and a messier off-screen reality: a superflat aesthetic disrupted by digital glitches.
My point-and-click games and virtual worlds function as heterotopias: contemplative spaces, in Foucault’s sense, that mirror and invert reality, reflecting on the gamification of life and the impossibility of winning it all.

Reviews

[Ric Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want cutting-edge socio-economic science fiction I can't recommend this enough. In the near future the economy is shaped by augmented reality and the artificial intelligences that live there and shape the knowledge economy.

Three orphans must examine their own past to save an artificial intelligence.

Well written, high concept, beautifully drawn.

[Myriam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Livre numérique gratuit ; Trop bizarre, pas ma vibe.

[Doreen · Rating 2 out of 5]

11/29/13 Interesting premise, but the execution faltered. It's a lovely book to look at, but the art doesn't really mesh well with the dialogue, often seeming too busy (also an issue I have with a lot of manga, which was a clear influence here.) Review tk.

12/15/13 http://www.iwantmytwodollars.com/2013...

[Ricardo Gladwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want cutting-edge socio-economic science fiction I can't recommend this enough. In the near future the economy is shaped by augmented reality and the artificial intelligences that live there and shape the knowledge economy.

Three orphans must examine their own past to save an artificial intelligence.

Well written, high concept, beautifully drawn.