ZOO TV, The MATRIX of VR and Holographic Data Storage...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/stadium-rock/zoo-tv-tour , 

https://www.u2.com/zoo_tv_tour/id/54 , http://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html ,

Earth's location/ in the galaxy-zoo. + http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080210.html

ZOO_TV  DVD  Hybrid_drive

Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992. Neo in 1999. Watch more ZOO TV.  http://www.thematrix101.com/matrix , http://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html

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What is reality & how is all this cosmic information stored?
There could be many-worlds & levels within the Cosmos. VR technology has a long way to go until it attains what's depicted in some movies. Of course the universe might actually be a super advanced cosmic VR program. See: Michael_Talbot_(author)#The_Holographic_Universe &
http://www.theuniversesolved.com
Indeed, Jim Elvidge has quite a unique book & web site that provides compelling data about reality.
http://www.theuniversesolved.com/news.htm

Hopefully, many more people will start to ponder the notion of a Cosmic Operating System, figuratively or literally.
Detailed simulations of the Earth, this galaxy & even vast parts of the known universe can be constructed. Its just a matter of how much accurate data can be entered into a Sim program. Obviously, the closer to earth the more accurate such simulations can be.

September 17, 2008 - Films Showing Our Best Visualization of the Ocean's Circulation
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/ocean410/ocng410_course_schedule.html ,
http://www.top500.org/system/5628 ,
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/necs-updates-its-supercomputer-earth-simulator-system-breaks-record ,
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.php?DocID=239 ,
http://colossalstorage.net/home.htm ,
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html

Eventually these simulations could become very realistic & cause many more people to wonder if they are already in simulation created by someone else?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS88G5WBcfQ&feature=related ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVsHjnY-o9s&feature=related
Indeed, most religions imply that a creator or force has already constructed the universe. Such an immensity of data would have to be organized like cosmic computer programs in the sky. The concept of Akashic_records has been around thousands of years before the development of Virtual Reality & the avatar-machine. Holographic-environments exist in a way & in a way they don't, its a quantum sort of thing.

Ashoka_Chakra ,
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/bud_wheel.htm


In ancient times, it would be difficult for most people to grasp the concept of a crystal ball. 3D images in a sphere or ovals are depicted on this disc of lives from the 1200s. These life experiences are part of the wheel of Karma concept. It could also be seen as an ancient depiction of a cosmic hard drive. Reincarnation#Buddhism & the big interactive recording of space & time.
http://www.harekrsna.com/philosophy/truth/karma.htm ,
http://www.buddhanet.net/wheel2.htm
This ancient wheel is depicting a video-disk. Its full of bubble images of various life experiences.
Douglas Trumbull would later expand on this image bubble concept in the movie, Brainstorm.
The Multiverse Disc Theory is just the modern version of the wheel of time & space concept.

Hard_disk_drive#Capacity_measurements
Today when most people see a hard drive or DVD, they know that sounds & images can be stored on them. Hard_disk_drive#Integrity Single-molecule_magnet#Future_applications ,

http://www.smarthdd.com/en/magnetic_record_technology.htm ,

http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_from_inside.html ,

http://www.duxcw.com/digest/guides/hd/hd6.htm ,

http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_Tracks_and_Zones.html ,

http://www.quickercomputer.com/quicker/defrag.html ,

Hybrid_drive Virtual_reality#Timeline ,

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/artem-rubtsov/9/97/19 ,

http://www.librarything.com/tag/virtual%20reality&more=1 ,

http://thefutureofthings.com/site/7895/galaxy-zoo.html ,

http://thefutureofthings.com/news/8295/-darkfield-lasers-let-mice-track-on-glass.html ,

http://thefutureofthings.com/news/9710/western-digital-tv-live-hd-media-player.html ,

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html

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Metaphor: Suppose a galaxy is essentially like a giant holographic_disc of space-time & other forms of data. There is shape & form that's like a pattern & program, so then what if the universe or cosmos is like a vast hard drive?

Then several of these HDs could be part of a multiverse. The wheel of karma is an ancient concept & eventually VR programs could simulate vast parts of the known universe. What's astounding is that several people since ancient times believe that a creator has started everything in the cosmos. So, if that's the case, then the whole thing is running like an immense & intricate cosmic program. Several scientists already have arrived at this conclusion. They just view nature & the cosmos as a running program without a creator. Whether by chance or created design, the universe is running like a well organized system.

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The oval & the spiral are found throughout nature & space.

Some how since ancient times, humans have associated the shape of the wheel or disc as being connected to transportation & information.

http://www.theuniversesolved.com/theuniversesolved/blog/post/2009/02/First-Evidence-of-the-Multiverse.aspx

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The Roots of the Matrix
http://fusionanomaly.net/cybernetics.html ,
http://www.thematrix101.com/matrix/symbolism.php ,

http://www.thematrix101.com/books , http://www.thematrix101.com/games

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Since ancient times, several people had the idea that the earth & universe are in a created field of consciousness & data. Eventually sophisticated VR life experience worlds will be created.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/holographic-environment.htm

So, various ancient writings & legends imply that we are already in some kind of cosmic running program.

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Nanotechnology: Big Things Emerging From The Smallest Components Of Matter
http://thefutureofthings.com/category/technology-2/nano-tech ,
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nanotechnology 

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http://amal.net/?tag=technology

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Dimensions: The Dimensional Ecology of the Multi-verse by, Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd

http://exopolitics.blogs.com/exopolitics/2008/10/post.html

(http://www.exopolitics.com)

http://thefutureofthings.com/category/science/physical-science/astronomy-space ,
http://thefutureofthings.com/category/ai-robotics

http://fusionanomaly.net/nodebase.html

Is The Holographic Universe concept just another wild theory?

Are people like lab mice in someone's cosmic game of life and death?

What would VR+technology be like after a century of development? What would VR be like after 1,000 or 100,000 years? It might seem to be Even Better Than The Real Thing. 

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

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

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Quantum+Machine+Learning

The NDE, etc.

As VR technology continues to advance, so will consciousness research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience#Characteristics
How could consciousness exist when its no longer connected to a living body?

Well, for one thing, its imperative to believe that consciousness couldn't exist before a person is born, because there are too many implications. It's also important to believe that consciousness can't exist after the body dies, that makes it easier to believe that consciousness is merely a temporary illusion-airy by-product of a mysterious universe.
http://www.skepdic.com/nde.html
In other words, don't think & ask too many questions about reality.
http://www.oddee.com/item_98610.aspx 

Of course if its real, then the NDE could be indicative of a larger multilevel cosmic reality. VR technology and the simulation hypothesis might be like modern analogies to the big picture. 

https://iands.org/?s=NDE&ct_post_type=post%3Apage , http://www.near-death.com , http://www.nderf.org

http://www.consciouslifeexpo.com 

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

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

Cyberpunk 2077 Environment Designer Explains How His Team Built the Night City (Simulation)

https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-environment-designer-explains-how-his-team-built-night-city 

Of course a lot of people can hardly wait until there are full Immersion_(virtual_reality) games... Especially with a 1 or 2 hour setting in which the experiencer actually thinks that they are in that particular game world.

https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-hands-on-preview-what-we-think-after-4-hours-in-night-city

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3#Plot_summary 1963/1964

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity#Gameplay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Simulator , https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nec-build-japans-next-earth-simulator-supercomputer

There are some potential risks, so it still could be a while until such advanced VR systems are available to the public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Detrimental_effects

In the early 1990s, the band U2 helped to promote the ZOO+TV entertainment MATRIX.

Harsh_Realm (1999) looked like it could have been quite a wild simulation experience. https://www.wired.com/1999/05/x-files-creator-goes-virtual Sort of like a military version of SimCity. http://tactdb.blogspot.com/2014/04/harsh-realm-combat-virtual-reality-tv.html A VR war game immersion system sure wouldn't be set up for beginners. http://www.scififreaksite.com/harshrealm.html A full immersion VR effect could be achieved with something like a small version of a Cerebro type device. https://them0vieblog.com/2015/10/14/harsh-realm-review Although extreme caution would be advised, some people would still be pushing things to the limit. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/08/31/the-elevator-ritual-a-terrifying-vr-horror-experience There are all sorts of potential problems and liabilities when things start to get too realistic. https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/10/do-you-dare-enter-the-13th-floor-in-fantas-new-vr-experience

The_Thirteenth_Floor and Source_Code movies depict a level of VR tech where ones consciousness can be transferred into another body. Of course this tech would be at a level that's far beyond any digital sandbox_game even, No_Man's_Sky. (NMS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Future

Sandbox_game-History & Life_simulation_games

The technology to transfer consciousness into something like a very advanced version of The_Sims & other Avatars, is still a Sci-Fi concept. In The_Matrix world, ones consciousness is only linked to a VR character. However, it is implied that if a sudden disconnect with The_Matrix occurs, there would be dire consequences. 

Of course back in the early days when people were first exposed to the SimCity game, the tech and the graphics were quite limited. Yet, something very interesting was started. All you needed was a personal_computer to experience this new digital or Virtual_World. However, any kind of full immersion or consciousness transfer was just Sci-Fi entertainment.

Virtual_World-Entertainment

There was quite a big jump from the SimCity_(1989_video_game) to The_Matrix movie in 1999. The brilliant creators of The_Matrix_(franchise) wanted to depict a warning about, Out_of_Control A.I. run scenarios, where humans are mentally trapped in a simulated environment with various levels and versions. A small group of people try to break others out of the A.I. run simulation and only one human city remains in the "Real_World."

The_Thirteenth_Floor (1999) provided another fascinating version of  a VR program with people being in something like a very advanced form of SimCity. 

Of course something else interesting happened in the late 1990s. No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise

"It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories 

So during the 1980s and 90s, Bono and the Edge had obviously become very interested with the writings of William_Gibson_and_the_evolution_of_cyberpunk.

Thus, the unofficial U2 entertainment MATRIX era started. Achtung_Baby,_Zoo_TV,_and_Zooropa_(1990-1993)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992.jpg

Indeed by the early 1990s, Bono was doing his version of Neo in the SimCity MATRIX Thing. By 1992, the Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing-Music_video was ready. 

In a way, the Zoo_TV_Tour was preparing people for the first Matrix movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0 , https://www.u2.com/music/lyrics/42

Although it would have been cool for The_Matrix to have been filmed in Melbourne, Sydney was the better choice, overall.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Bono_performing_on_Zoo_TV_Tour_in_Melbourne_Nov_13_1993_3.jpg

"Zoo TV: Live from Sydney is a concert video release by Irish rock band U2. It was filmed on 27 November 1993 at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, during the "Zoomerang" leg of the group's Zoo TV Tour." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney

"All but a few scenes were filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney, and in the city itself, although recognizable landmarks were not included in order to maintain the impression of a generic American city. The filming helped establish New South Wales as a major film production center.^[44] Filming began in March 1998 and wrapped in August 1998; principal photography took 118 days."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming in Australia. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/NeoTheMatrix.jpg

The Matrix:_Path_of_Neo as the digital fly, doing his Superman Thing.

U2 and Neo:

"Neo was the oldest^[2] or one of the oldest^[3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(nightclub)

There is a vast interconnected web of synchronicity with the concept of VR and advanced A.I. simulations in general. Its all part of The Simulation Hypothesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Background

"Seven years after the events of Neuromancer, strange things begin to happen in the Matrix..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Zero#Plot_introduction (1986)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_Overdrive#Legacy

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

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+2077

What is Synchronicity? What is The+MATRIX?

What is The Nature of Reality? (TNOR)  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+13th+Floor

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

Are we all living in a Cosmic Matrix?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/04/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-documentary-rodney-acher

A lot of people just never bothered to deeply ponder, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

TRON is just Sci-Fi entertainment, as is THE+MATRIX , etc.

https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50

Many people were already busy with life in general to really think of the big picture.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-matrix-do-we-live-in-a-simulation-2019-4

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

By this point in history or the cosmic interactive recording and projection, people have science as well as legends and myths to explore and compare TNOR with the help of VR technology. https://www.fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-thinks-theres-a-50-chance-we-live-in-a-matrix-2016-9

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/07/tech-billionaires-think-we-live-in-the-matrix-and-have-asked-scientists-to-get-us-out.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nFdlvYxjpI

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-wonders-about-the-matrix-2016-9

People have had over 2 decades to gradually absorb the various concepts of reality.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3788735/There-50-chance-living-Matrix-world-simply-SIMULATION-says-Bank-America.html

What if the universe or multiverse is in something like an IMAX or a VR Planetarium?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9625703/Physics-Scientists-capture-highest-resolution-images-atoms.html

How would we even know? https://www.fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9625141/Largest-map-dark-matter-created-using-light-100-MILLION-galaxies.html

Various religions and philosophies have implied that this cosmic construct is the product of some kind of Superintelligence , a creator or programmer... 

Thus, from their perspective this world is part of a cosmic Simulation. 

https://hackernoon.com/religion-and-the-simulation-hypothesis-is-god-an-ai-part-i-e2ac0016ca1e

https://www.zenentrepreneur.com RV https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/more-info

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/the-matrix , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

RV and NB have such interesting perspectives that sometimes intersect or overlap.

https://www.nickbostrom.com

Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #83 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKiTGj-zeQ

Nick Bostrom & Ros Picard • God, AI & the future of humanity: Is technology the key to immortality? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcrLpWICm8 , https://www.youtube.com/c/Unbelievableshow/videos

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

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Simulation

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetstemwedel/2015/08/23/the-philosophy-of-star-trek-the-kobayashi-maru-no-win-scenarios-and-ethical-leadership/?sh=3c00441d5f48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/incredible-star-trek-the-next-generation-simulation-ordered-to-stand-down/

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holodeck

https://theconversation.com/star-treks-holodeck-from-science-fiction-to-a-new-reality-74839

https://www.healthysimulation.com/14175/the-kobayashi-maru-lessons-on-simulation-from-star-trek

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

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

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

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

New OLEDs and monster-sized ZOO TV screens

 https://www.techradar.com/televisions/embargoed-5th-jan-3am-gmt-samsung-reveals-upgraded-oled-tvs-super-sized-screens-and-a-new-lifestyle-projector-at-ces-2026 

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/most-exciting-tvs-at-ces-2026/

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/lg-announces-the-lg-oled-evo-g6-tv-at-ces-2026-20-percent-brighter-lower-reflections-and-the-worlds-first-with-4k-120hz-cloud-gaming 

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-tvs

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/samsungs-next-gen-oled-tvs-leak-including-a-mysterious-new-elite-model 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/best-tv 

From flat and curved screens to VR holographic technology.

https://inairspace.com/blogs/learn-with-inair/holographic-tv-the-future-of-entertainment-is-here-and-its-changing-everything 

https://www.realfiction.com/project-echo , https://www.realfiction.com/holographic-displays 

https://www.realfiction.com/what-is-dpt 

https://www.holoconnects.com/news/exploring-hologram-technology  

In the 1950s-and-1960s, people started to have their living room also be their TV room. 

https://www.vintag.es/2021/07/1950s-living-rooms.html However, they might also opt to have a TV den. Expecting to have a TV in a hotel room or suite became commonplace. Of course the TVs were small, nowhere near the size of a window, door or wall. 

Decades before the concept of the Holodeck, Ray Bradbury thought up a sort of adventure room with 3D printed Lions, Tigers_and_Bears, or whatever other creatures, depending upon the setting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(1950 short_story) 

The_Veldt was somewhere in-between-augmented-reality-and-mixed-reality and VR.  

https://interestingliterature.com/2022/06/ray-bradbury-the-veldt-summary-analysis

The Future of Entertainment Holograms, AI Actors, and Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA8T95CbNA0 Of course the tech still isn't quite there yet, but at a certain point, things just might become indistinguishable from the-real-thing. 

Several years before the release of the first MATRIX movie in 1999, U2 unleashed their version of the ZOO-TV MATRIX.

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing 

U2 - The Fly 

WATCH MORE TV 

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

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

Virtuosity and Gamer, etc...

The movies Virtuosity and Gamer are in some ways, like two stories that are at opposite ends of the spectrum. 

"In Los Angeles, Lt. Parker Barnes and John Donovan are testing a virtual reality system that is going to be used for training police officers. The two are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality. SID (short for Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous, a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history) causes Donovan to go into shock, killing him. The director overseeing the project, before Commissioner Elizabeth Deane and her associate, William Wallace, orders the programmer in charge of creating SID, Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer, to shut down the project..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuosity#Plot (1995)

Virtuosity is an interesting story about a psycho runaway AI-VR program that escapes into the physical world. In essence, it's a digital entity that wants to unleash its monstrous ways upon the world.

In Gamer, a psycotic computer programmer is enthralled with the prospect of using nanotechnology to turn some people into remote-controlled puppets.

"In 2034, computer programmer Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall) invents self-replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans' actions and see through their eyes. The first application of Castle's "Nanex" technology is a virtual community life simulation game, Society, which allows gamers to manipulate live actors as their avatars. Society becomes a worldwide sensation, making Castle the richest man in the world. He then creates Slayers, a first-person shooter where the "characters" are death-row prisoners using real weapons in specially created arenas. Unlike Society actors, Slayers participants are not paid; instead, they volunteer in exchange for the promise that any Slayer who survives 30 matches will earn his freedom (though no one ever has).

John "Kable" Tillman (Butler) is the crowd's favorite, having survived a record 27 matches (no inmate before him has managed to last more than ten). He is exclusively controlled by Simon (Lerman), a seventeen-year-old superstar gamer from a wealthy family.

An activist organization called the "Humanz" hacks a talk-show interview with Castle and claims that his technology will one day be used to control people against their will..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamer_(2009_film)#Plot

The 'Gamer' Movie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRYze6ZikU , https://www.youtube.com/c/Joeseppi/videos

In the first Avatar movie, genetic ET copies are grown. Then a person can link and remotely control their physical avatar like a puppet on another world (Pandora). As long as people want to be free in this worlds reality, they might want to think twice about ever fully becoming someone's DNA Avatar or VR puppet. However, since the protagonist in Avatar (Jake_Sully) was a paraplegic, it was advantageous for his consciousness to eventually transferred into a younger, LARGER and stronger body. https://james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_of_Souls   

Digital entities and DNA copies.

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

Digital Memory Crystals and Robert Vamosi

www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/Supermans-memory-crystals-may-become-reality-in-computers.html,

www.energydigital.com/news_archive/sectors/other-energy/crystal-computers-not-just-superman-anymore,

www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2608,

www.scientificcomputing.com/news-HPC-Tiny-Crystals-could-Hold-Key-to-Massive-Computer-Memory-102609.aspx,

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019123619.htm
Technology is becoming very ubiquitous.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com /holographic-memory2.htm

Eventually once computers are fast enough, total immersion VR worlds could be created. Perhaps even an entire universe when enough data storage is available. A simulation of a city, world or galaxy. Some people already liken the universe as being like a vast OS.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/vr-disc-holographic-data-storage.html
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Robert Vamosi of whengadgetsbetrayus.com, has a lot of fascinating things to say about technology & its potential dark side.

Fringe-science & biology-robotics & other machines continue to merger & advance.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2011/03/logic-named-joe.html 

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https://thehangover.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monkey

 Crystal the Monkey EPIC Red Carpet Adventure "The Hangover Part 2" Premiere 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeZSo5Bxm_8  

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

The Digital Labyrinth (TDL)

TDL is an intersection between news and entertainment, mythology and technology...

Its about referencing books, music, movies and occasionally B$ in general.

Anything from urban_legends to science & fiction, to high-tech urban culture, is referenced.

http://fusionanomaly.net/Digital.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth , 

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Labyrinth_vs_Maze ,

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/2mp2xc/labyrinth_vs_maze , 

https://fusionanomaly.net/maze.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze , 

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

A lot things are just randomly referenced, but if this world is part of a cosmic creation or a simulation, how much of anything is random?

Occasionally, a placeholder post will be made so that eventually there will be some added pertinent links.

https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engine 1726 

https://computerhistory.org/blog/gullivers-engine , 

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2334 

This blog is a portal into referencing popular_culture and various POVs on Architecture, A.I., Cyberpunk, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Quantum+Computers, Urban Issues & other technologies expressed through science & fiction. There is some occasional referenced content with mature themes. Such as some sarcasm and toilet humor...

Of course exploring The+Simulation+Hypothesis is one of the main themes, as well as pondering The+Nature+Of+Reality, in general. There is also an occasional metaphysical angle at TDL.

In late 1966 there was Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) and then there was WestWorld_(1973 film). Name your adventure scenario...

Unless otherwise indicated, this referencing blog is of a non commercial nature. 

Millions of people have written billions of words posted on various websites and blogs. Why try to rewrite or copy what they have already done? Thus, as a referencing blog, readers here are constantly provided with links to many sources from various perspectives. This blog has a lot of movie and TV spoilers. 

Some posts might remain in draft mode for several weeks or months until a certain amount of info is gathered. While other posts might start out with just one or few links with some more things to be added later on.

A partial index-of-subjects-and-topics , technology for war and peace...

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

Nine Inch Nails (Only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvLlEtxX3o , https://www.youtube.com/c/nin/videos

The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy: Television the drug of the nation 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOWTM5R2DA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_Blade_Runner#The_Final_Cut ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPcZHjKJBnE ,
http://theshadowzone.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/thirty-years-later-blade-runner-1982 ,
http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/66485/blade-runner-the-final-cut-five-disc-ultimate-collectors-edition.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(soundtrack)#Esper_Edition , 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner#Sequels , 

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blade-runner , http://www.bladerunner2049movie.com , 

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

https://cyberpunkdatabase.net/Harrison_Ford ,
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-movies-by-decade

The hypertext is quite an interesting concept & invention & is used extensively here. This multi-branch reference blog provides many links to other websites, especially specific web pages so that readers can find pertinent links. The search_engine keeps evolving & searchenginewatch.com is a good site to get lots of info. The website, cnet.com is one of the best technology sites around.

Wikipedia.org is referenced here quite a lot for general purposes. Whether its the Star_Wars universe or the Star_Trek universe, all referenced links here are intended to direct readers to the various proprietors of websites for a more in depth perspective. Technovelgy.com is one of the best websites showing transitions from sci-fi concepts to technological reality. And cyberpunkreview.com is sublime for its observations & presentations. http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-movies-by-decade

Characters in books, movies & TV series like The Observer, can motivate some people to think about the concept of time travel or a parallel_universe. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons 

Origins: from the Clay_tablet and the+magic+mirror to the tablet PC, etc.
The Digital Labyrinth can refer to just about anything throughout space and time.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc.#1975-1985:_Jobs_and_Wozniak

Microsoft started in 1975...

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{An idea is a form (such as a thought) formed by consciousness (including mind) through the process of ideation. Human capability to contemplate ideas is associated with the ability of reasoning, self-reflection, and of the ability to acquire and apply intellect, intuition, inspiration, etc.. Further, ideas give rise to actual concepts, or mind generalizations, which are the basis for any kind of knowledge whether science or philosophy or impulsiveness.}

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Idea: John_Locke
{In striking contrast to Plato’s use of idea [3] is that of John Locke in his masterpiece An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in the Introduction where he defines idea as "It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking ; and I could not avoid frequently using it." He said he regarded the book necessary to examine our own abilities and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with. In his philosophy other outstanding figures followed in his footsteps - Hume and Kant in the 18th century, Arthur Schopenhauer in the 19th century, and Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Karl Popper in the 20th century. Locke always believed in good sense - not pushing things to extremes and on taking fully into account the plain facts of the matter. He considered his common sense ideas "good-tempered, moderate, and down-to-earth."} http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/John_Locke, http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/timeline

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Technology can be used to reveal codes & clues about reality, but it can also suppress things.

Digital_Fortress http://www.danbrown.com/

So unless people really want to question reality & study various perspectives, many things remain hidden or lost. http://www.thelostsymbol.com/main.html

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http://www.k-web.org

“Learners may study either history or physics, or perhaps only Renaissance history and astrophysics. People tend to become experts in highly specialized fields, learning more and more about less and less.”James Burke

http://k-web.org/public_html/vision.htm

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"When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they’ll read each other’s minds."

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/pentagon-preps-soldier-telepathy-push/comment-page-2/

No matter how advanced technology can get, I'm still amazed that the concept of the crystal ball can be traced back to ancient times. Its not like they got the idea from watching TV. Then again, how did primitive folks even think of a talking flat screen technologies, otherwise known as a magic mirror? Its like they were tapping into a psychic Internet. Of course, how can anyone ever prove that there could be a Cosmic Internet?

Given enough time, humanity could build a galactic size & eventually a Cosmic Internet.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-a-cosmic-internet.html

Yet, the crystal ball, the talking mirror along with psychic perception, might very well be indicative that an ancient Cosmic Internet already exists. Indeed, the universe could be running like a vast cosmic program. Jim Elvidge has produced quite a fascinating book, www.theuniversesolved.com and website about the nature of reality.

So many people already believe that the universe is the result of a powerful Force or creator. Science is beginning to recognize the level of organized complexity that is binding various things together on several levels. Eventually quantum computers could run extremely detailed life simulation programs. However, thousands of years before the concept of the supercomputer was the cosmic Akashic_records, reincarnation & The_Wheel_of_Life.html, but according to some we aren't suppose to think of the universe as being like a vast hard drive of space & time. Well even as a Metaphor or Analogy a lot of clues are revealed.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/vr-disc-holographic-data-storage.html

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http://visu.uwlax.edu/Anatomy/DigitalCadaver.html,
http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2005_Groups/04/timeline.html,
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20120612/research/visible/vhp_conf/senger/senger.htm, 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8216605/Top-5-technology-predictions-for-2011.html?utm_source=tmg&utm_medium=TD_8216605&utm_campaign=tech0201

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http://fusionanomaly.net/FilmNode.html , 

www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/movie/quality/10-stars

http://allthingsd.com/category/news/?mod=atdnav

Remember, any good gaming computer can be used for much more than just playing games.
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/behemoth.asp
Life & reality are full of mysteries, its just a matter of how many questions one is willing to ask & truly seek answers to.
http://www.alienware.com , http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-18/pd.aspx
Of course, some of the answers remain indefinitely elusive.

points-in-time-and-space


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

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31882.The_Matrix_and_Philosophy , https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718640

Reality is an illusion 
https://www.youtube.com

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Nature+Of+Reality (TNOR)

Welcome to the+desert of the real.

desertshapes@gmail.com

Again: Unless otherwise specified, this general referencing blog is of a non commercial nature and not intended to distribute spam. Any links provided are up to the readers discretion to visit.  

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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