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What's in a name? ...a demotion for the darling concept of the real
Virtual always suggests unreal, or imaginary. A virtual entity can pass for, a real thing but is less than the real thing itself. Sounds like a nice statement. Are we really so sure its true?



This book looks at the halfway there virtual reality of video gaming, arguing that such worlds are half-real, consisting of real rules in a fictitious world. Winning or losing in the physical world, but slaying the beasts within the virtual.





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Real-Time Feedback System for Skiers Opens Possibilities
The vLink Computer System approach to skiing is rather novel. It's a data collection sensor set that clips to the front of a pair of skis, and in real-time, monitor in real-time forward speed and lateral displacement data of the skis as the skier proceeds down a mountain.



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Real Innovation
What is real innovation? This short article tells you what it's not and lists several worlds that truly are innovative - and what makes them that way. Read this, to avoid becoming just another 'same old'.



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Real learning in a virtual world
A look at teaching in virtual worlds, particularly Second Life, along with the real benefits such educational methods bring, from Christian Science Monitor.



Michael Heim, the author of this book, describes modern 'VR' as a pale imitation of real VR. On this point, he is of course, all too correct. He then goes on to state that the real thing is fast approaching. We'll soon be able to totally immerse ourselves in detail-rich, highly interactive artificial worlds....





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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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Being-here, now...
"Virtual presence is indistinguishable from real presence." A look into the future of the neuralprosthetic and what utilising such will eventually mean for our definition of 'virtual' and 'real'.



 

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(07/06/2009)
Set around the year 2075, In-World War takes place in an era where virtual reality has become indistinguishable from the real world. The film follows a game tester who finds himself unable to log out from a simulation of the War on Terror. ...


(22/10/2003)
A new manufacturing process, involving liquid crystal, and nanotubes, created by researchers at Penn State University, allows for LCD displays that respond in milliseconds to display updates and light changes - far, far faster than other di...


(11/07/2010)
Activision Blizzard, maker of World of Warcraft and other popular videogames, is drawing fire over its plan to require users of its discussion forums to start posting their real names.

Blizzard announced on Tuesday that it wo...


(05/10/2007)
Flying through your colon in virtual reality, Perry Pickhardt, MD, says he can find early colon cancer at least as well as a gastroenterologist using a very real colonoscope.

A new study backs up this boast by comparing colon...


(28/05/2012)
Imperial College, a partner to St Mary’s Hospital, has purchased a £60,000 touchscreen “operating table” that could represent the future for teaching would-be doctors about anatomy and for preparing for real-life operations.

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