Difference between revisions of "Cyberspace"
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The "space" in cyberspace has more in common with the abstract, mathematical meanings of the term "space" than with the physical meaning of space. Spatial meaning can be attributed to the relationship between different web pages considered to be somewhere "out there," offering the possibility of surfing among different sites and pages, with feedback loops forever creating the potential to encounter something unknown or unexpected. | The "space" in cyberspace has more in common with the abstract, mathematical meanings of the term "space" than with the physical meaning of space. Spatial meaning can be attributed to the relationship between different web pages considered to be somewhere "out there," offering the possibility of surfing among different sites and pages, with feedback loops forever creating the potential to encounter something unknown or unexpected. | ||
| − | In videogames and virtual online worlds, however, the abstract space of written text is replaced by on-screen animated images of a definitely physical space which the represented figures are supposed to occupy. Online videogames adopt the cyberspace metaphor by engaging players in the networked game "space," and figuratively representing them on the screen as avatars. Certain game implementations currently aim for still more immersive playing space (such as Laser tag), but these are considered to be | + | In videogames and virtual online worlds, however, the abstract space of written text is replaced by on-screen animated images of a definitely physical space which the represented figures are supposed to occupy. Online videogames adopt the cyberspace metaphor by engaging players in the networked game "space," and figuratively representing them on the screen as avatars. Certain game implementations currently aim for still more immersive playing space (such as Laser tag), but these are considered to be Augmented Reality (AR) rather than the fully immersive type of Virtual Reality imagined for cyberspace in science fiction. |
==The philosophy of illusion== | ==The philosophy of illusion== | ||
