n. Everything that is not virtual reality.
1997
Dyson ignores the sinister temptations of virtual reality, including virtual sex, temptations bound to grow as real reality gets ever scarier and more complex.
1990
Virtual reality grabs you by the collar and yanks you in. …
What's missing? "To know is not all," said John Burroughs, "it is only half. To love is the other half." He's not talking heart-thumping romance. He's not talking R-rated passion. He's talking attention to detail. He's talking receptiveness. He's talking patience, and satisfaction with hints and traits. He's talking reality.
Real reality, the New England woodlands on a crisp late-summer's day.
What's missing? "To know is not all," said John Burroughs, "it is only half. To love is the other half." He's not talking heart-thumping romance. He's not talking R-rated passion. He's talking attention to detail. He's talking receptiveness. He's talking patience, and satisfaction with hints and traits. He's talking reality.
Real reality, the New England woodlands on a crisp late-summer's day.
1989 (earliest)
The head rig (more ephemeral than a helmet) presents each eye (therefore 3D) with a black and white wireframe scene in which one can move by moving one's body in real reality.