Virtual Reality
Manuel DeLanda’s Art of Assembly
Aaron Pease reviews Manual DeLanda's philosophy of the virtual.
Diane Gromala’s response (excerpt)
Cyberpractitioner Diane Gromala celebrates virtual immersion's unsteady body-knowledge.
Simon Penny responds in turn
Simon Penny recalls that the origins of the human-computer interface, politicized by a military heritage, are now explored by artist-enigineers who chaperone fragmentation and dissent.
Representation, Enaction, and the Ethics of Simulation
Do violent games train us for violence? Drawing on social psychology and cognitive science, Simon Penny examines the "ethics of simulation."
From Virtual Reality to Phantomatics and Back
Paisley Livingston on Stanislaw Lem and the history and philosphy of Virtual Reality.