ext_162459 ([identity profile] patchworkkid.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] miriam_e 2003-03-10 10:15 pm (UTC)

Re:

Incidentally...

Between today and yesterday your consiousness ceased to be for a while overnight (several times, actually).

What do you mean by 'ceased'?


Such stuff will become a multibillion dollar industry in the near future. I expect it will completely replace the film industry.

I'm not sure about that. For starters I think there'll always be a market for a 'passive' story experience. We tell each other stories constantly, daily, endlessly. People like being taken on a ride, shown something, receiving something that informs their understanding of life. All this you could do interactively, sure, but not in the same way. It'd be a fundamentally different kind of story experience.


Already the computer games industry makes more money than the movie industry.

Sure, but to be fair it costs less to make a game than a major film, and it costs $100 a ticket.

Ah, I think I just proved your point. :)


Computer games are a major step towards VR fiction.

For sure. Hell, they already are VR fiction in most respects.


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