“Naturally, a major consequence of this view is the crisis of desire and the potential entry into a realm of perversion where enjoyment is no longer marked by the experience of the limit. Once castration is suspended, ‘desire’ ceases to be _...Read More_

"The popularization of virtual reality has created a visual revolution that radically changes both our perception of images and our relationship to reality. Virtual spaces create illusionary worlds that can be directly experienced. Viewers _...Read More_

>"Virtual real estate is being sold as NFTs across immersive metaverse games and has quickly created a billion-dollar economy."

"The answer carries major ramifications for what metaverse creators and explorers will be able to build and do in tomorrow’s virtual worlds."

“In VRChat, some people work hours at a time in faithful re-creations of the iconic big-box store.”

It looks like Mark Zuckerberg watched Ready Player One and thought he would be able to recreate that universe with MS Paint.

Culling video and images from the far-flung corners of the web, the work of Jon Rafman explores the influence of contemporary media and technology on present experience.

“Scent is the realest sense. For virtual reality to feel truly immersive, it needs to start stinking it up.”

"The virtual reality fitness program is inspiring users—like me—who say they never felt accepted by traditional gyms."

>"In the increasingly lifelike worlds of VR, high numbers of users are experiencing hate speech and sexual harassment. How should these lawless spaces be _...Read More_

>"Artist Joshua Skirtich sold nearly everything he owned to focus on creating art for the metaverse, starting with his Jenesis NFTs."

>"NFTs are hailed as the foundation of the metaverse economy because they allow you to purchase unique digital assets, from art to real estate. But legally, you might not own what you think you do."

>"Garments that dissolve in water, change color, or sprout wings could thrive in Web3—and inspire a new era of design IRL."

Gamification is ubiquitous. From social media apps and fitness feeds to the motivation-enhancing transformation of activity areas into game play, more and more aspects of our everyday lives are being driven by game _...Read More_

Digital art is exciting! It conquers a future-forward so non-defined, yet currently definitive for progress sub-space, the virtual. Our experience in virtual space is still _...Read More_