Mediated Reality

This is a link to an article that appeared in MIT's journal "Presence", which deals with telepresence and virtual reality. The article, When "Real" Seems Mediated: Inverse Presence by Lydia Reeves Timmins, and Matthew Lombard, explains the importance of studying the effects that in many levels, that is changing our perception of the world we live in. I think the current generation (of modern city dwellers) will possibly be that last that will feel the need for such concern, since the virtual immersion, mixed reality and other aspects of our evolving being, will be as commonplace as having electricity or music or a telephone as an integral part of "nature"

I think that as part of our research into this worlds we have a responsibility to be fully aware of what we do as much as we can, since we are indeed threading the "uncanny valley"