For actors today, working in VR as characters in collaborative escape rooms by @adventurelabrat, and performers on stage in The Under Presents by @TenderClaws, I hope points to future virtual careers & workdays that range wildly à la Mr. Oscar in Holy Motors.
Jonathan Haidt’s "writing and interviews, and our conversations, have clarified for me why we are so tempted to surround ourselves with only like-minded people and caricature those with whom we disagree," @PeterWehner writes. https://t.co/D2ZNDAwQWE
On boredom as universal: On the walls of the ruins of Pompeii, there is Latin graffiti about boredom that dates back to the first century: 'Wall! I wonder that you haven't fallen down in ruin, when you have to support all the boredom of your inscribers.' - https://t.co/UiufMUqjIa
Finally playing through Kentucky Route Zero and wow, what a brilliant work of interactive art. I've experienced a level of awe, maturity, and vulnerability in a game's journey that I haven't felt before.
A Short Hike is free this week on the Epic Games Store.
Last year we wrote about how the game is "a subversion of technology and of nothing, a nuanced critique of what it means to do nothing and everything."
https://t.co/DNBLC79Rya
So @198xgame is something a bit special. Played it in a single sitting and was totally enamoured with it. Please do check it out.
https://t.co/buXzMjwWCW
Learning about compute shaders in @psychobiotik's workshop. Fascinating first exploration of cellular automata by implementing Conway's game of life (https://t.co/tm9OQIFadj). My cells birth in a lively green and die in a fading brown like leaves.
#TheUnderPresents is one of the most wonderful, original, and meticulously crafted VR experiences ever made. A masterpiece by @TenderClaws, and an inspiring vision of the future of VR as an artistic medium for social interactive stories.
"The theory assigns to any one brain state a shape, a crystal, in a fantastically high-dimensional qualia space. This crystal is the system viewed from within. It is the voice in the head, the light inside the skull. It is everything you will ever know of the world."
Science can measure the Big Bang but not conciousness. Why is that?
#panpsychism is an exotic theory that was once laughed at and now tentatively considered. So poetic, I personally hope it is proven true someday. @sciam has a good read...
https://t.co/wDplBhok4a