Meme

A meme is basically an idea or concept that self-propagates. Like a virus, it spreads from host mind to host mind, mutating, changing, and passing from mind to mind via gossip and communication transference. In a way almost paralleling Darwinian selection the most successful ideas spread like a viral plague across populations, till almost everyone knows of them. Memes less successful at propagation, die out. Thus, memetic propagation and memetic engineering are at the heart of good marketing for any project, virtual or otherwise.

Memes are always a good concept to tout to naysayers who do not believe in non-physical concepts (such as virtual environments) having any real power or substance.

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Meme Memetic Engineering

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Meme Control
A meme is basically an idea or concept that self-propagates. Like a virus, it spreads from host mind to host mind, mutating, changing, and passing from mind to mind via gossip and communication transference. In a way almost paralleling Darwinian selection the most successful ideas spread like a viral plague across populations, till almost everyone knows of them.

VR Cultural Icons: Rez
Rez was a video game released by Sega in Japan in 2001. It was a rail shooter with extremely limited interaction, so could not be considered a VR world in any real sense. However, what it did do was express a real depth of cyberpunk themes, and VR subculture that made it an instant hit, and a long lasting meme.

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