"Psychology is the physics of virtual reality" (Bricken, 1990)
I hope that I am not stepping over any boundaries here. But I could not figure out where to share this great quote without being out of place in the "Ethics" thread. I am certainly touching on Psychology a little in my social presence group, but I had to share this here.
Milton, I just visited your SL labs. The Games are great fun.
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.
quote: Bricken "Psychology is the physics of virtual reality"
Milton, I just visited your SL labs. The Games are great fun.
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.
quote: Bricken "Psychology is the physics of virtual reality"
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Permalink Reply by Milton Broome on -
Thanks, nice quote. Raises lots of thought. Milton
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Stanton on -
I enjoyed "Hip, hype and hope" although it does seem a little dated - particularly in its focus on virtual reality. My feeling is that the avatar approach used in SL, WoW, and many other platforms has taken us in a different direction psychologically than the earlier VR work promised to do. In particular, the creation, operation, and maintenance of an avatar seems like the cultivation of an "alternative self" whereas early VR kept the original self but transported it into a new environment.
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Permalink Reply by Milton Broome on
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I agree. It's a far cry from the origins of what AI was 'meant' to be. But then that's always the case I guess.
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