A visitor to our lab was trying out our Holojam<\/i> untethered virtual reality system today. She was having a great time walking around in a virtual world, happily drawing in the air, as my students and I looked on.<\/p>\n
At some point she said that she felt like a character in The Matrix<\/i>. “It’s as though,” she said, “I’m inside The Matrix, and it’s really happening.”<\/p>\n
“Do you know what it’s called,” I asked, “when you feel like the main character in The Matrix<\/i>, but it’s really happening?”<\/p>\n
“No,” she said. “What is it called?”<\/p>\n
I was very pleased with my answer: “Neo-realism!”<\/p>\n
To my great satisfaction, everyone in the room groaned at once. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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