Kyle’s Reviews > Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution > Status Update
Kyle
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Many early-days books on VR are obliged to explore the more fanciful and exotic corners of simulated reality, from the pornography industry hopefully cleaned up, to augmented reality leaping ahead of current VR devices and the eventual blending of the two in a not-too-distant future utopia where work and play are essentially the same. It is comforting to read that Ewalt thinks life will go on undisturbed, yet unreal.
— Feb 27, 2019 11:57AM
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Kyle
is on page 186 of 288
Thankfully the book is not all about peeking inside Luckey’s pre-MAGA mind; the next few chapters switch from hardware developers to content creators, with a range of 360° footage to immersive entertainment. Most of these 2016-made experiences are old hat by now: Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Milk’s Evolution and Fox Searchlight’s Wild. And once again a purpose is revealed: our new View-Master!
— Feb 23, 2019 10:43AM
Kyle
is on page 109 of 288
Cribbing quotes from Lanier’s Dawn of the New... and press material surrounding Luckey’s glorious Kickstarter campaign doesn’t seem like Ewalt is reporting anything new, and perhaps this is his sly point: two billion Facebook bucks may be noteworthy, but the voices of dissent from kicked off developers may spell out VR’s second demise. Luckey’s full-length rant on McD’s healthy food speaks volumes about him.
— Feb 19, 2019 10:57AM
Kyle
is on page 53 of 288
Way, way back in the Lascaux Cave, our primitive ancestors painted art to create VR, recreating the world. While theatre is only briefly mentioned, Ewalt sees mechanical reproduction of reality in painting, stereoscopic photography and cineramic film that captures audiences imagination. Added to a virtual hall of fame is Thomas Furness who pioneered what seems like early augmented reality for American fighter pilots.
— Feb 15, 2019 11:22PM
Kyle
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Way, way back in the Lascaux Cave, our primitive ancestors painted art to create VR, recreating the world. While theatre is only briefly mentioned, Ewalt sees mechanical reproduction of reality in painting, stereoscopic photography and cineramic film that captures audiences imagination. Added to a virtual hall of fame is Thomas Furness who pioneered what seems like early augmented reality for American fighter pilots.
— Feb 15, 2019 11:22PM
Kyle
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Another free land tech journalist following the same trodden path between a geeky childhood to skeptical early adopter who became a golly-gee enthusiast once the Oculus Rift was sold to Facebook. I suspect there will be other routes taken that beer away from the virtual intimacy of cybersex explored in Rubin’s book. There’s no mention in the index of Artaud, but not that we need to hear that old story all over again!
— Nov 21, 2018 10:47PM