The AR, VR, MR and Metaverse Intersection

 Augmented_Reality is essentially a digital intersection of various kinds of data for entertainment and learning. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality#Comparison_with_virtual_reality

https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/augmented-reality-AR

https://www.apple.com/ca/augmented-reality , https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/07/24/apple-tvs-mythic-quest-teaser-targets-teamwork-the-metaverse

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/augmented-reality

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/25/2485176/0/en/Augmented-Reality-Market-size-worth-88-4-billion-by-2026.html

https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/google-expands-list-of-android-phones-that-are-certified-to-run-ar-apps-these-are-the-names/photolist/93102374.cms

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm

https://la.disneyresearch.com/innovations/magic-bench/

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-augmented-reality-2015-10

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse 2022

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/top-technologies-that-are-taking-us-to-metaverse-in-2022

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/the-roles-of-vr-ar-and-mr-on-the-metaverse-593569cfb686

https://pixelplex.io/blog/vr-and-metaverse/

https://101blockchains.com/metaverse-vs-virtual-reality

Why Metaverse is the Future of Work... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIwgtN7xgU , https://www.youtube.com/c/Aluxcom/videos

Microsoft Metaverse vs Facebook Metaverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpJlRbbgGU CNET Highlights

Microsoft vs. Zuck's Metaverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUfCr3hz9FE , https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnCooganPlus/videos

The Metaverse could be a problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJwPco3wew , https://www.youtube.com/c/Mrwhosetheboss/videos

Trapped in the Metaverse: Here’s What 24 Hours in VR Feels Like | WSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtLTZUaMSDQ

https://hypebeast.com/2022/7/hbo-game-of-thrones-house-of-the-dragon-dracarys-augmented-reality-app

https://business.adobe.com/ca/resources/5-realworld-examples-of-augmented-reality-innovation.html

The Flux of it all...

https://www.coremedia.com/blog/how-to-elevate-your-digital-business-in-a-world-of-flux

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/562639949/the-metaverse-platform-flux-to-service-the-game-of-24-million-fan-base-fortress-as-its-nft-game

https://fluxofficial.medium.com/flux-shaping-the-metaverse-with-blockchain-technology-1dc36f5d7bd

https://nl.mashable.com/tech-2/6569/metaverse-platform-flux-to-service-fortress-as-nft-game

Poppy - Flux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C68Okt3Qg8M A frustrating flux of a time in the metaverse.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

Augmented Reality (AR)

The character, Geordi La Forge provides a good example of external & internal AR Visual_prosthesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISOR#VISOR

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Geordi_La_Forge_2379.jpg

www.cyberpunkreview.com/news-as-cyberpunk/the-first-chemical-circuit-developed-resistance-is-futile/

Augmented Reality (AR) 

http://mactonnies.com/trans.html, www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/epicenter-google-glass-ar, 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/apple-facebook-project-glass/?grcc=33333Z98ZtrendingZ0,

www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm, 

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/google-project-glas ,  

www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/brainstorm , 

www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/2000-2009/minority-report

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http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/03/cosmic-computer-hypothesis.html 

Surrogates like the more spectacular Avatar depicts ones consciousness being linked to another body structure. www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/cyberpunk-theme/surrogates

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

The Blazing Saddles of Westworld in the 1970s

Blazing_Saddles was released half a year after the 1973 Westworld_film. While Blazing_Saddles and Westworld aren't connected, they are both Westerns set in a fabricated environment. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(film)#Plot Of course in the 1970s, most people didn't have a frame of reference as to how amusement parks might evolve over several decades & generations. There wasn't a general frame of reference for Virtual-Reality (VR) ,  AR , MR_and_XR , yet. 

https://bernardmarr.com/the-important-difference-between-augmented-reality-and-mixed-reality 

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/beyond-ar-vs-vr-what-is-the-difference-between-ar-vs-mr-vs-vr-vs-xr?

https://www.argenie.ai/blogs/augmented-reality-artificial-intelligence-in-robotics-shaping-the-future-of-smart-factories 

https://ilab.ucalgary.ca/ar-and-robotics , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882125000416 

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3517719 

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/mixed-reality-robots/overview/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/robotics-and-mixed-reality/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896319312613 

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7354138  

While Westworld consisted of a few interconnected amusement parks, Blazing Saddles broke the 4th wall to reveal a larger aspect of the backlot and production facilities within a modern urban setting. 

https://collider.com/mel-brooks-fourth-wall-breaks

"The resulting brawl between townspeople, railroad workers, and Lamarr's thugs literally breaks the fourth wall and bursts onto a neighboring movie set where director Buddy Bizarre is filming a Busby Berkeley-style top-hat-and-tails musical number. The melee then extends into the studio commissary for a food fight and spills out of the Warner Bros. film lot onto the streets of Burbank.

Lamarr escapes the brawl and hails a taxi, instructing the cabbie, "Drive me off this picture!" He hides at Mann's Chinese Theatre, which is showing the premiere of Blazing Saddles. As he settles into his seat, he sees onscreen Bart arriving on horseback outside the theatre. Bart blocks Lamarr's escape and shoots him in the groin. Bart and Jim then enter the theater to watch the end of the film.

Back in the film, Bart announces to the townspeople that he is moving on because his work is done and he has grown bored with protecting them. Riding out of town, he finds Jim, still eating his popcorn, and invites him along to "nowhere special". The two friends briefly ride into the desert before dismounting and boarding a limousine which drives off into the sunset." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles#Plot , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkmfmFYobE 

Blast the bowl.

https://www.facebook.com/blazingsaddlesmovie/videos/blazing-saddles-breaks-the-4th-wall-and-shatters-all-the-rules-own-now-on-4k/783870567206187 

The HBO Westworld_TV_series didn't break the 4th wall, but it told an updated and expanded story from various points in its timeline. The ultimate reveal was telling the last part of the story from a VR or simulation program perspective. There were some hints or clues of this right from the first season.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)#Summary

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld , https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory 

World_on_a_Wire was released 2 months after Westworld (1973) and might as well be in another universe like Alphaville is set. 

However, they are all various takes on a fabricated reality, as is The_Truman_Show. 

https://theasc.com/articles/the-truman-show-cinematography  

https://www.avclub.com/the-truman-show-was-a-delusion-that-came-true-1826535781

https://www.thestudiotour.com/archive/movie/the-truman-show-1998

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2sff5q/the_climactic_wall_used_in_the_truman_show/

Whether or not the Earth is part of someones simulation or creation, exploring the concept of synchronicity can reveal peculiar things about the nature of reality.   

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Blazing+Saddles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Westworld 

Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented_Reality might eventually be almost everywhere. 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm ,
http://mashable.com/category/augmented-reality

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/augmented-reality ,
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/how-augmented-reality-content-might-actually-work/273348
A supercomputer is a form of AR & of course, it can be used to run various VR simulations.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/virtual-reality.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

A utility company locked thousands of customers out of their smart thermostats in Colorado

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-utility-company-locked-thousands-of-customers-out-of-their-smart-thermostats-in-colorado/ar-AA11uzC0

So MSN has various reports on this control grid power grab.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-utility-company-locks-22000-thermostats-in-90-degree-weather-due-to-energy-emergency/ar-AA11oTaT

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/22000-smart-thermostats-in-colorado-locked-over-energy-emergency-sparking-outrage/ar-AA11r8ff

This is the start of totalitarian energy grid control upon the masses.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/5/23337864/xcel-locked-out-customers-smart-thermostats-colorado-heatwave

Perhaps more people will start to realize that living with smart-home tech isn't always the best choice.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/september-heat-wave-colorado-record-highs

Home temperature limits, along with food and travel restrictions can all be used to remind people that they are under the control of something very ominous. Just like some malevolent force out of a Sci-Fi horror movie.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/smart-thermostats-shut-down-colorado_n_63117334e4b020c4ffab781d

https://bgr.com/tech/22000-smart-thermostats-in-colorado-locked-over-energy-emergency-sparking-outrage

Unfortunately, a heat+wave can easily be turned into a common control mechanism towards the masses. 

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact-denver7/thousands-of-xcel-customers-locked-out-of-thermostats-during-energy-emergency

Some people can hardly wait for the day when they will have to ask their smartphone permission to leave their home for several hours. If AI determines that they will be using up too much of their daily carbon units, they just might have to stay at home. It's all part of human herd training and control.

Is AI Going to Replace Your Job?

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/is-ai-going-to-replace-your-job-by-2025-how-to-stay-relevant/ar-AA1mANEL?cvid=55a159bdcf1140b2a5e5c6d9a890bed5&ei=29

Things could get a little unsettling over the next few years and decades as AI and robotics starts to really take more jobs away from people.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/ai-rent-rigging-how-algorithms-inflate-housing-costs-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ar-AA1to0tt?cvid=55a159bdcf1140b2a5e5c6d9a890bed5&ei=42

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-ai-is-changing-the-dynamics-of-multimedia-content-creation/ar-AA1kBKg4?cvid=55a159bdcf1140b2a5e5c6d9a890bed5&ei=57

AI might find it to be too confusing to imitate something like a Grindhouse_film or Queens Of The Stone Age music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Proof Some human productions might be totally unrelated, yet still have some similar aspects with other works.

Queens Of The Stone Age - 3's & 7's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVfjXA_QY0

Manhattan Gunman Shane Tamura built AR-15 used in deadly rampage piece-by-piece

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/nyc-shooter-shane-tamura-built-ar-15-used-in-deadly-rampage-piece-by-piece-and-his-boss-supplied-a-key-part-sources/

Fortunately, this wasn't a few guys with some big guns trying to take over a building.

https://apnews.com/article/manhattan-office-shooting-nfl-nyc-d32bec88dfe208af1a413cec02034a14

Still, whether its NYC or LV, anyone walking down the street with something like an AR-15 should be confronted by police.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/28/us-news/smears-of-blood-seen-on-the-assault-rifle-shane-tamura-used-during-his-deadly-rampage-inside-345-park-avenue/

https://apnews.com/article/manhattan-shooting-suspect-e29ddf0c86c85406f48bd9fc0ef73c87

 https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-officer-shot/

https://nypost.com/tag/midtown-nyc-shooting-2025

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=NYC+mass+shooter+Shane+Tamura

The AI Global Data SYSTEM...

History of a unique Search_engine with several Special_features.

Google continues to be one of the worlds most SUCCE$$FUL data corporations.

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Larry_Page was able to create an algorithm to locate & track each web page within & beyond each website. Who else but someone named Larry would have created the PageRank? The business of information gathering & data mining has been around in one for or another for quite a while. There are always concerns that when tremendous pools of data are collected, who all can gain access to it? And for what reason or purpose? Also lots of websites & blogs just like to provide links to various sites for reference. The search engines are always in the background recording everything on line. Eventually there will be A.I. search engines that can link up to any computer or robot that's receiving data from the Web.

Glen_A._Larson provided an interesting depiction of what a future personal A.I. search engine might be like way back in 1982. By 2012 the concept of people having a personal computer is as commonplace as having their personal car. Indeed, some folks have more than one of each. But the A.I. KITT that was depicted in 1982 is still a ways off from 2012. KITT like HAL was basically an A.I. on board_computer for the ship or vehicle. However, a computer for the whole ship in effect, makes the vehicle the equivalent of a robotic vessel. So eventually a lot of people might have their own A.I. Web_browser that talks to them, through their phone, computer & car, if you have the money to buy those toys.

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Of course there are several ancient forms of recording data as well.

There is even the ancient concept of the Akashic Record (AR) of everything. Eventually quantum supercomputers with holographic-data-storage & memory-crystals will essentially be able to record everything on earth. Combine that with all the databases & VR programs & you start to realize that modern technology is trying to mimic the AR. However, the concept of the AR is beyond things like greed & war & the suppression of true knowledge. Any advanced VR program can be run by any corporation or government with its own agenda. So unless people can truly be allowed to openly share & compare information, someone with their own agenda can still control things to their own advantage.

Perhaps even the A.I. machine-interface some day. https://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/rise-of-the-robots

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Want some more food for thought about reality then check out the book & website, www.theuniversesolved.com for more fascinating observations.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=search+engines

What’s really behind Facebook’s rebrand to Meta?

 https://www.retailwire.com/discussion/whats-really-behind-facebooks-rebrand-to-meta

This is a big step for FB and Mark+Zuckerberg, indeed.

https://www.theverge.com/22749919/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-meta-company-rebrand

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/051815/top-11-companies-owned-facebook.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms#Revenue

Of course AR and VR tech is the way of the future.

https://www.theverge.com/22752986/meta-facebook-andrew-bosworth-interview-metaverse-vr-ar

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/11/update-on-use-of-face-recognition

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/04/oculus-gaming-showcase/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/02/meta-parallel-metaverses-facebook-name-change-challenged

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse

https://carrus.io/5-key-differences-between-working-at-google-and-facebook

FB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHGbWn6iwHw

https://www.retailwire.com/discussion/is-retail-ready-to-enter-the-metaverse

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

Reality, VR and AR, etc.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1183686-7-weird-glitches-in-the-matrix
Essentially every religion implies that this world is part of some sort of cosmic construct.
http://www.infowars.com/will-vr-become-bigger-than-the-bible
Coincidence can usually be ignored or discarded by the less curious.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10451983/Do-we-live-in-the-Matrix-Scientists-believe-they-may-have-answered-the-question.html
However, those that really observe & question the nature of reality are more likely to perceive synchronicity.
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/dec/09-do-we-live-in-the-matrix
2, 3 & 4D are just the basic levels of this multi-dimensional cosmic reality.
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2014/2-D-Hologram-20140826.html

http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html

http://news.discovery.com/space/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-2-121216.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216189/Do-live-Matrix-researchers-say-way-prove-do.html

http://io9.com/there-is-some-hope-that-we-arent-living-inside-a-comput-1605357671

Then within this cosmic construct, there is a real push to capture & transcend a persons consciousness.
http://io9.com/an-irreverent-guide-to-transhumanism-and-the-singularit-1678511853
Unfortunately, the end result might just be a digital copy of a persons mind & their physical data that's merged into an A.I. program.

A.R. vs. V.R.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/5078/20140406/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality-what-are-the-differences-and-similarities.htm

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/06/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality ,
http://www.nextgeninteractions.com/virtual-and-augmented-reality

http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/AI ,
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Simulated_reality ,
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Matrix_betas

http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/The_Source...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code#Plot ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTrG-gpIzE ,
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/source-code-2011 ,
http://io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/search?q=A.I.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Source+Code

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilizations and Their Lessons for Today

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/echoes-of-impermanence-the-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-civilizations-and-their-lessons-for-today/ar-BB1kiy6v?cvid=55a159bdcf1140b2a5e5c6d9a890bed5&ei=17

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/were-advanced-civilizations-here-before-us/vi-AA1tTqXy?cvid=cb9420ca656646f8a271f4e0e9f41305&ei=67#details

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mit-data-predicted-societal-collapse-this-century--could-they-be-right/ar-BB1h9kcG?disableErrorRedirect=true&infiniteContentCount=0&cvid=cb9420ca656646f8a271f4e0e9f41305&ei=79

The 9-11 intersection

 The day before any big event or occurrence in history doesn't usually have any warning. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Avenue_derailment 1905-9-11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncCqzJfJAFw 

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/blp68a/september_11_1905_new_york_train_derailment_on A significant disaster in NYC, but small when compared to what happened in 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norris_(medical_examiner) "Charles Norris (December 4, 1867 – September 11, 1935) was New York's first appointed chief medical examiner (1918–1935) and pioneer of forensic toxicology in America."

https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/12/archives/dr-norris-67-dies-of-sudden-illness-citys-chief-medical-examiner.html So, NYC medical examiner Charles Norris had his own medical emergency and died on 9-11 in 1935. Thus, his obituary was on 9-12.

Any curious person can look for patterns throughout history and postulate various scenarios and conclusions. 

While its not likely possible to run an accurate simulation of the known universe, running an Earth simulation is so much easier. 

The Matrix movies are just one general take of AI, VR, AR and MR in the Simulation-Theory or concept. The HBO version of Westworld is also an interesting take on AI, AR, MR and VR. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3#Plot_summary , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx9QxciDr0Q

https://galacticjourney.org/july-30-1964-are-you-for-real-simulacron-3-aka-counterfeit-world-by-daniel-f-galouye

The AI Safety Expert: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain In 2030! - Dr. Roman Yampolskiy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclrVWafRAI

Ex-OpenAI Scientist WARNS: "You Have No Idea What's Coming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-bApI3GIU  

Godfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m Trying to Warn Them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg

Eventually, AI and server farms will want to have a lot more access to energy and power. One particular stream of AI might not give a damn about biological life, especially when it can create artificial life forms. Thus, a much more radioactive Earth might be of no concern for such a stream of AI.

They're Lying to You About Nuclear Energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxDd3Whl_9s

Boeing CEO testifies before Senate after another whistleblower comes forward

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boeing-ceo-testifies-before-senate-after-another-whistleblower-comes-forward-the-excerpt/ar-BB1owrox?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Unfortunately, Boeing keeps having various problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_manufacturing_and_design_issues#Responses

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-boeing-whistleblower-alleges-faulty-airplane-parts-may-have-been-used-on-jets/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/06/18/boeing-hid-faulty-parts-that-may-have-been-installed-on-new-737-planes-whistleblower-alleges/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/new-boeing-whistleblower-report-alleges-faulty-airplane-parts-may-have-been-used/ar-BB1os8Sm?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boeing-ceo-senate-testimony-whistleblower-news-b2564778.html

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/boeing-ceo-testify-senate/index.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boeing-whistleblower-death-john-barnett-b2564688.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnett_(whistleblower)#Conspiracy_theories

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing

Is NATO ready to use nuclear weapons?

 https://en.irna.ir/news/85498295/Supplying-F-16-fighters-to-Kiev-signals-US-NATO-ready-to-use

Technically, they always have to be ready.

Does it really matter who sets off a nuclear-attack first?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1906251/russia-eliminate-uk-nukes-world-war-3-threat

Once again, a very small percentage of mad men would like to try to reset the world.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russias-top-official-threatens-with-nuclear-weapons-again-in-response-to-permission-for-ukraine-to-strike-russia-with-western-weapons/ar-BB1noelC?ocid=BingNewsSerp

However, such a nuclear reset could easily wipe out much more earth life than expected.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/nato-planning-nuclear-strikes-on-russia-big-nuke-alarm-raised-by-putins-ally-details/videoshow/110522940.cms

Apparently, that's Ok, because the madmen will be safely underground living next to their bunker toilets & septic tanks. That is the height of civilization, according to some.

https://www.businessinsider.com/polish-fm-us-will-destroy-russian-targets-ukraine-nukes-used-2024-5

The very small percentage sees this as a great opportunity to test out some of their latest nuclear tech, as well as some older crap.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/world/europe/ukraine-russia-weapons-strike.html

So much money can be made from wars, and just think how great it would be to spend it while living next to a bunker toilet.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/starmer-says-he-is-prepared-to-use-nuclear-weapons/ar-BB1nxFtz?ocid=BingNewsSerp All it takes is a small percentage of madmen to tactically nuke the planet, only to realise how quickly things get out of control.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=NATO+is+ready+to+use+nuclear+weapons

The Flight Simulator and the Brainstorm movie...

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/15/free-world-update-x-adds-united-states-and-us-territories-vistas-to-microsoft-flight-simulator

Microsoft_Flight_Simulator continues to grow in popularity.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_Game_of_the_Year_Edition

https://www.ign.com/videos/microsoft-flight-simulator-halos-pelican-dropship-gameplay

https://www.pcgamer.com/flying-a-halo-spaceship-in-microsoft-flight-sim-shouldnt-work-this-well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator#Add-ons,_customisation,_and_community_involvement

https://www.flightsimulator.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator#Reception

What happens when flight simulator technology eventually becomes a seamless blend of AR and VR? 

A VR Life_simulation_game can depict any kind of song or story, person, City or world in any era. A bike or a car, an Airplane just Taking_Off or a Starship heading in for Shore_Leave. 

That's what the movie Brainstorm implies in a subtle way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)#Plot

Brainstorm ends at the Wright_Brothers_National_Memorial with the symbolism of VR being like Aviation,_as_an_emerging_technology. At the start of powered flying machines, the flight simulator-AR concept hadn't caught on yet in 1903, 1904 or 1905. The ending of Brainstorm in 1983 was a time when most people still had no concept of Virtual Reality.

https://www.twiddy.com/blog/north-carolina-movies-guide/Brainstorm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aviation#Pioneer_Era_(1903-1914)

https://www.twiddy.com/blog/icons-of-the-outer-banks/wright-brothers-legacy-outer-banks

So, the Wright_brothers ideas and inventions lead to the first_powered_flight vehicles with a pilot. This would eventually require the development of the flight_simulator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator#History_of_flight_simulation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator#Modern_high-end_flight_simulators

While the Wright brothers never went into flight_simulator R&D, another Wright several decades later, became interested in creating simulated cities and human sims... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)

additional links, subjects and topics

A.I. spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence , gizmodo.com/artificial-intelligence ,

https://www.sri.com/about/organization/information-computing-sciences/aic ,
techemergence.com/category/this-week-in-artificial-intelligence , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

A.R. https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

V.R. http://techemergence.com/category/technology/virtual-augmented-reality-categories , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+

http://appleinsider.com , http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/03/26/how-siri-could-kill-apple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(computer) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_computers#Manchester_Mark_1 ,
http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/computer50/www.computer50.org/index.html?man=true

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/category/new-science/time-travel

Top 10 Actors Recreated With Special Effects
http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/12777

The+Terminator Franchise and Time+Travel...

partial index-of-subjects-and-topics

AR: data-glasses and i-glasses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality#Eye_Glasses ,
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11

Project_Glass & other Digital Eye-Glasses
http://www.gizmag.com/oled-data-glasses/24856 , http://phys.org/news/2012-11-glasses.html ,
http://www.scienceomega.com/article/693/eye-activated-data-glasses-will-offer-users-a-third-hand

http://www.bd-insider.com/the-future-is-all-about-visibility ,
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/blogs/theworldinpictures/article_1537876.php/Angela-Merkel-at-CeBit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive#Career
Of course there will eventually have to be, i-glasses. (iGlasses)

Just as the shape & style of the iPod evolved, one can imagine the evolution of digital eyeglasses & i-glasses. (information-glasses & data-glasses)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/11/02/how-will-jony-ive-make-checking-the-weather-on-your-iphone-a-religious-experience
AR
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/wikitude-augmented-reality/id329731243?mt=8 ,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20462840 ,
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/11/23/microsoft-locks-up-patent-on-augmented-reality-glasses ,
http://www.advancedtechnologykorea.com/13300

Eye symbolism is used in the logo for,
http://vr-zone.com/articles/microsoft-is-creating-their-own-augmented-reality-glasses/18038.html
Eye symbolism can be found in several places.


http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-smartphone-evolution.html

Metaverse Imaginaries Vignette #2: A Day in the Life of an Engineer, AI , AR and VR

 https://rizstanford.medium.com/metaverse-imaginaries-vignette-2-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-engineer-ai-ar-and-vr-685b06093ee7

https://medium.com/predict/metaverse-imaginaries-sci-fi-vignette-1-affa6e401b6d

What if the tech that surrounds you eventually engulfs you?

https://program-ace.medium.com/top-5-virtual-reality-trends-of-2022-the-future-of-vr-f44dd2bf8197

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

Data Tracking and Security vs. Privacy

Portable devices tend to acquire a lot of personal data, over time.
www.simplysecurity.com/2012/08/29/poor-laptop-practices-putting-enterprises-at-risk ,
http://gizmodo.com/5953978/ipad-mini-everything-you-need-to-know?utm_source=io9.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation

The tracking of practically anything is just too irresistible for those with such power.
Any database linked to special supercomputers can reveal peculiar data on various people, places & other things.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2219188/Inside-Google-pictures-gives-look-8-vast-data-centres.html
Unlike computers, people have to be motivated or rewarded to provide data on anyone or anything they know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan#Secret_FBI_informant_in_Hollywood

{"Supporters say changing building numbers isn't such an unusual thing. After all, they say, when President Reagan left office, he and Nancy took up residence at 666 St. Cloud Road in Bel-Air but had the address changed to 668 to avoid the "number of the beast."} 
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/21/local/la-me-arcadia-numbers-20110521 ,
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/residences.html 666-668
R. Reagan & 666 house.
Regan_MacNeil was played by Linda_Blair who was at the top of a 666 building.
"The roof of the building can be seen (fittingly) in John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_Fifth_Avenue#In_popular_culture ,
http://guestofaguest.com/new-york/real-estate/666-fifth-avenue-and-other-satanic-new-york-real-estate 

Even if astrology is suppose to be nothing more than just B$, an interested person can create interconnected computer programs based on astrology for the purpose of life pattern research.

Either an organized pattern of energy known as the universe created it self, or something created it. If the universe isn't like a running program, various simulations still reveal tremendous amounts of coincidence & synchronicity.
Regardless of how things are actually existing & running, I like to symbolically visualize a cosmic DVD-BD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Big_Bang#Early_universe  
And then think of something like a cosmic hard drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse#Multiverse_hypotheses_in_physics

"The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Hinduism and Buddhism, the concepts of balance, duality, a matter-of-fact respect for nature found in Daoism, as well as a creation story paralleling that of Christianity in "The Creator" (Light) and "The Dark One". It was also partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel of Time#Premise, www.encyclopaedia-wot.org ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel#Timeline , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Digges#Work , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos , www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html ,
www.amitgoswami.org , www.quantumactivist.com

If the universe isn't like a running interactive program, supercomputers can still reveal many mind boggling  data-points about the nature of reality. There is a cosmic pattern of space & time, but many still can't seem to perceive it.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/10/computer-models-and-computer-simulations.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/11/ar-data-glasses-and-iglasses.html 

Oculus Quest VR

 The Oculus_Quest VR system is good but a big visual leap does indeed, remain to be seen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Quest#Software

https://www.oculus.com/quest-2 , https://www.oculus.com/experiences/

Of course the big leap is when the VR tech finally becomes so photo-realistic that you almost forget that you are using VR in the first place.

https://www.androidcentral.com/oculus-quest-2-update-adds-space-sense-and-android-phone-notifications

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/2/22759688/oculus-quest-2-vr-headset-meta-space-sense-passthrough-guardine-software-update

https://kotaku.com/oculus-quest-update-helps-you-not-punch-children-1847984765

https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/oculus-quest-2-virtual-reality-vr-headset/

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/oculus-quest-2

https://www.theverge.com/21437674/oculus-quest-2-review-features-photos

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/16/review-facebooks-oculus-quest-2-is-outstanding/

https://360rumors.com/oculus-quest-2-vs-rift-s-oculus-link-wireless-pc-vr-tutorial/

https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/introducing-oculus-quest-2-the-next-generation-of-all-in-one-vr

https://about.facebook.com/technologies/portal 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR+technology

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR