3.2.8
Cultural Connections
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Naturally, virtual reality is not without controversy. One was legal: what if you offer a product, like a head-mounted display, that encumbers a person's sight? Are you liable when they trip over a chair? Our legal advisors said "Yes"!

What if you trademark a public word, such as Cyberspace? Our advisors said "That's OK".

CYBER LEGALITIES
CYBERGIBSON

I feel strongly about this: if you intend to define an idea

papers/essays
virtual reality

what is VR?
veos
software tools
interface/body
development
projects
philosophy
∆ cultural

about technology, you should at least have had some experience with the technology. To some, Cyberspace is a cultural idea, divorced from any technological manifestation. NOT!

HIP, HYPE, HOPE –– THE THREE FACES OF VIRTUAL WORLDS** (SIGGRAPH'90 panel with Warren Robinette, Jaron Lanier, myself, Esther Dyson, Timothy Leary, and John Perry Barlow)
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERSPACE (with Randy Farmer and the conference committee)

These pieces represent my cultural commentary, in the form of reviews of other folks work, and highly speculative articles designed to test the limits.

COMMENTS ON A PAPER
COMMENTS ON VIRTUAL REALITY by HOWARD RHEINGOLD
COMMENTS ON SIGGRAPH'91 TOMORROW'S REALITIES
CYBERSPACE 1999: THE SHELL, THE IMAGE, AND NOW THE MEAT
CYBERSPACE 2001 (an incomplete update of Cyberspace 1999)
THE NIGHTCLUB INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT