If Second Life as a presence machine is to the mind what cyclotrons are to Physics, then...

.....then, we discover traces of patterns that give us an insight into how our mind communicate.

Finish the sentence with your own thought(s). Looking forward to some brilliant nuggets.

(a big thanks to F. Biocca (2003) for the brilliant analogy "presence machine = cyclotrons of the mind?")

Tags: cyclotrons, life, machine, physics, presence, second

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Permalink Reply by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on June 20, 2008 at 9:36pm: ...then, we can analyze traces of patterns (presence) in more discriminating fashion.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Azwaldo Villota on June 23, 2008 at 10:29pm: ...it may take years to decipher the data, and even longer to fully realize its value as a tool.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on June 25, 2008 at 10:35pm: LOL....indeed. What about the presence-related date only?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Abacus Capalini on July 1, 2008 at 12:35am: ... then distance between individuals becomes smaller.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on July 1, 2008 at 2:20am: ....Bricken was right when he proclaimed that "Psychology was the physics of virtual reality."

source: Barlow, J., Dyson, E., Leary, T., Bricken, W., Robinett, W., and Lanier, J. (1990). Hip, hype and hope --the three faces of virtual worlds (panel session). International conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM SIGGRAPH 90 Panel Proceedings, Dallas, Texas. pp. 1001-1029.; ▶ Reply to This

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