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Now this is some spooky science. The idea of “filming” within VR is curious, though, especially where there’s a large number of people now interacting so much online. I wonder if others will continue down that path or chalk it up to a one-time oddity?

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I've not yet seen the movie, but I think that the settings are pretty well controlled and created by the people in the movie. I've not (yet) tried out VR Chat. I might, if I'm daring enough and can grab time and a headset. Joe Hunting mentioned in the Here & Now interview that his avatar was identifiable by headset and camera, and people in the documentary knew that they were being filmed. The short interview is worth a listen (timing details in the links at the end of the post, BTW). I think it's 11 minutes long.

Spooky science ... now I think I'd count Zoom in that, too! With a "fake" background especially.

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Oct 27, 2022Liked by Mark R DeLong

Also, big bonus points for the Alice Copper reference!

https://youtu.be/sMkT-0i6e9I

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I was and continue to be an Alice Cooper fan. I saw him perform Billion-Dollar Babies in person.

You know, he's and English major! With him, I feel a bit like Garth and Wayne -- "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"

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Oct 27, 2022Liked by Mark R DeLong

My rock star alter ego Sid Luscious wrote this piece about virtual stars and pitch people back in 2011:

http://sidluscious.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-pop-stars-are-fake.html

"I mean, there's no guy named "Coke". The Keebler Elves aren't real. And Willard Scott aside, there has never been a real Ronald McDonald. Those are artificial entities created to sell product. Just like pop stars."

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They're NOT REAL!!!??? My world is shaken: "Ziggy Stardust didn't exist. There's no Sergeant Pepper and no Lonely Hearts Club Band. Mick Jagger wasn't a street-fighting man, he was a business student at the London School of Economics. The Beach Boys weren't surfers, they were from the suburbs." Sid, you broke me with these truths....

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