“The Prussian war theoretician Clausewitz, in Napoleonic times, famously said, ‘sometimes war dreams of itself.’ Does the internet dream of itself? That’s a big question. Now let me ask the Clausewitz question about virtual reality. Does virtual reality dream of itself? Do we dream or express and articulate our dreams in virtual reality? It remains to be seen.”
Even at $599, it’s unlikely that the Oculus Rift headset is self-aware, let alone capable of happy little dreams about its own existence. But in addition…
First Click: Werner Herzog’s virtual reality
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