Above: Mixed reality roles. In the Matrix construct scenarios there are four roles: the participant (Neo), the guide (Morpheus), the operator who loads the various sequences and the architect that designs them....
Continue readingEnvironmental incorporation
Above: Environmental incorporation. Given our inability to jack someone straight into the system, we have to contend with potential competition from any realities other than the one that is being deliberately...
Continue readingExperiential scaffolding
Above: Experiential scaffolding. At this link some of the commenters points out a similarity to some of the (palliative) scenes at the end of Soylent Green. I’ve already mentioned Matrix Constructs, Clockwork Orange...
Continue readingVirtual ethics
Above: Virtual ethics. A nice guideline for the ethical use of virtual situations is provided by the world of magic performance, where it is generally understood that what is being...
Continue readingPhenomenological and systems perspectives
Above: Phenomenological and systems perspectives. A suitable combination, as suggested by Fuchs & De Jaegher (2009), of the languages of Phenomenology and Systems Theory greatly helps our discussion as such...
Continue readingReality condition problems
Above: Reality condition problems. The successful navigation of reality conditions is both the core method and the central aim of Mixed Reality Therapy which uses mixed reality to assist the...
Continue reading