Week 8's lectured focused on the idea of virtual reality. In all honesty, this was something I found very hard to comprehend. While I accept that technology is a part of modern reality, I struggle with the idea of technology replacing physical reality with virtual.
I feel that, no matter how realistic a virtual reality may seem, wouldn't you always be conscious that this is in fact not real? And wouldn't that consciousness ruin the experience for you?
Perhaps people more involved in the gaming world will be more optimistic about it. Personally, I hate video games, I think they are a waste of money, time and a big waste of your brain – so I'm obviously biased against this, I agree with Sidney Blumenthal's quote -
"Image-making, no matter how manipulative, doesn't replace reality; it becomes part of it."
- The Permanent Campaign
Although in theory the concept of The Matrix makes sense, I don't believe it could ever really work. Just like people used to believe that the world was flat.
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