52 Definitions of Virtual Reality
In his book Dawn of the New Everything, Jaron Lanier (“The Father of Virtual Reality”) takes a look back at his life as a VR entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Lanier founded VPL research, the first VR company to ever exist.
Throughout his book, he delivers 52 unconventional definitions of Immersive Virtual Reality. Here, Lanier tries to answer the question of "what is virtual reality", while giving justice to its varied potential for eperiences. In this article, I will present each one of them, and discuss how Lanier’s ideas can help us to imagine the true potential of Virtual Reality — for better and for worse.
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