A Leap Into the Virtual
The fact that I am interested in feminism in the virtual world, a world that still seems like a sci-fi pipe dream, probably seems a little silly. Until you look at Second Life, or read this article on haptic gloves — gloves that recreate the feel of fabrics that one can only see in the virtual world.
It seems silly to think about it now. But within my generation’s lifetime, the purely representational world will be a reality, and I’m ready to start thinking about the implications of that world now. It doesn’t make any sense to me to wait. Whatever it is possible to make will be made — and that means that someday sci fi is bound to be reality.
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February 18th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
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