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Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Nature Of Reality (TNOR)

What is, The+Nature+Of+Reality? (TNOR) Is this world part of a cosmic MATRIX? 
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reality , http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
This can be a personal quest as well as a general human cultural quest.
http://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html
There are many questions and there are several answers about TNOR.
http://fusionanomaly.net/holographicuniverse.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/neuromancer.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who) Since 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_for_Sale 1985
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_(The_Outer_Limits)#Plot 1996

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#History_and_origins ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorshades 1986
http://fusionanomaly.net/cyberpunk.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/memory.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Film_and_television ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Maddox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(1995_film) ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFOxciYklI
No_Maps_for_These_Territories 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise
There have been some interesting intersections between William Gibson and U2 over the years.
https://www.atu2.com/news/connections/gibson

The William Gibson MATRIX certainly added to the concept of Big Data and Data-streams...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience
"a.k.a. the matrix
A term coined by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer, it refers to a vast computer network or growing mass of interconnected networks." https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php , 

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

Of course by the early 1990s, U2 would end up doing their own version of the Cyberpunk music and entertainment theme and stream.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 1992-1993
ZOO Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbrNVAMTLQ
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992.jpg
Even Better Than The Real Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5BWzQ2nHo
The U2 MATRIX on tour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Zoo_TV_Tour ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0x_R2cv1o8
So of course The MATRIX has to be filmed in Sydney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming  

The_Matrix_Poster 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Plot
So in the early 1990s, Bono was flying around The ZOO+TV MATRIX before people saw Neo doing his Superman thing in The MATRIX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuM6ZwGunlE
{"Agent Smith: "Can you hear me, Morpheus? I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this ZOO, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it...."}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A
Digital_rain_animation_medium_letters_shine.gif ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_digital_rain#Background ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#The_Ultimate_Matrix_Collection
The_Thirteenth_Floor_poster from 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot
Obviously The_Matrix_(franchise) was intended to be on a much larger scale than The 13th Floor. However, The 13th Floor is just as fascinating in exploring TNOR.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators 1965-1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_Gonna_Miss_Me In another context, this song could have been a warning about people opting out of their reality and going into Virtual Reality. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVpHNEPzDM , 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators
"Slip Inside This House" by 13th Floor Elevators, as performed on the "Easter Everywhere" album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators#The_first_two_albums
Question TNOR, indeed.

http://fusionanomaly.net/elevators.html
The Thirteenth_floor is a level that exists and yet doesn't exist in many buildings. It can be a mechanical floor or a service and storage floor or sometimes it's skipped or omitted. That just means it's not officially in the building floor count, but its still there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Literature ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Film ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Television

SF stories can help people to imagine and visualize various aspects of reality and alternate realities.
http://fusionanomaly.net/sciencefiction.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/arthurcclarke.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/quantummechanics.html

Themes of Reality, Divinity and Humanity in the Short Stories of Philip K. Dick (PKD)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg/misc/pkd.html , http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Films , http://fusionanomaly.net/bladerunner.html
wikipedia/en/4/49/Blade_Runner_spinner_flyby.png

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Quotes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Puppets (1956/1957)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Satellite_science_fiction_195612.jpg ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/dimensions.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/metaphysics.html
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg ,

http://fusionanomaly.net/imagination.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/100thmonkey.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(1957_novel)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Collage_Auge_im_Himmel_byL%C3%B6ser.jpg ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS_trilogy , http://fusionanomaly.net/valis.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS#Philosophical_and_cultural_references

http://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/stanleykubrick.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/davidlynch.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/terencemckenna.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/robertantonwilson.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/culturejamming.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/holograms.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception
ZOO TV was all about big time entertainment and emerging digital technology on the horizon. However from another perspective, what if this world is part of someones zoo?

"The zoo hypothesis speculates as to the assumed behavior and existence of technically advanced extraterrestrial life and the reasons they refrain from contacting Earth and is one of many theoretical explanations for the Fermi paradox. The hypothesis is that alien life intentionally avoids communication with Earth, and one of its main interpretations is that it does so to allow for natural evolution and sociocultural development, avoiding interplanetary contamination, similarly to people observing animals at a zoo. The hypothesis seeks to explain the apparent absence of extraterrestrial life despite its generally accepted plausibility and hence the reasonable expectation of its existence.[1]
Aliens might, for example, choose to allow contact once the human species has passed certain technological, political, or ethical standards. They might withhold contact until humans force contact upon them, possibly by sending a spacecraft to planets they inhabit. Alternatively, a reluctance to initiate contact could reflect a sensible desire to minimize risk. An alien society with advanced remote-sensing technologies may conclude that direct contact with neighbors confers added risks to oneself without an added benefit." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis 

In this movie the humans don't realize that they are on some ET laboratory ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)#Plot ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis#Appearance_in_fiction

http://fusionanomaly.net/alien.html ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/vortex.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/nodes.html




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Saturday, September 10, 2011

From the (Crimson) Sky Down and into the U2 MATRIX

Before people got to see the first MATRIX movie in 1999, U2 transitioned into their cyberpunk ZOO TV entertainment phase. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-12-tm-34172-story.html , 
"the tour began in Lakeland, Florida, on 29 February 1992 and ended in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 December 1993." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 
From_the_Sky_Down : //www.u2.com/news/title/from-the-sky-down ,
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/09/09/u2-from-the-sky-down-trailer-showtime ,

We’re free to fly the crimson sky...

"And I have no compass and I have no map" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa_(song)  


William Gibson has had some key influence for U2 over the years.
Thus, its not surprising that there was some collaboration.


William_Gibson was born on March 17, 1948. Is it that surprising that a famous band from Ireland would eventually cross paths with him? http://people.loyno.edu/~hobbs/bib/wgibson.htm

U2 ZOO TV Tour

ZOO TV 1st leg: North America

: Lakeland Arena - Lakeland, Florida, USA


There happens to be a Lake_Gibson in Lakeland,_Florida. 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/Lakeland_FLA_lake_Mirror , 

Of course 1992-2-29 was a leap-year and that was perfect for U2 to symbolically venture down The_Rabbit hole.

"U2 started the Zoo Tv Tour on February 29, 1992 with a sold out concert with a total of 7,400 people."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_Funding_Center There is a W. Lemon Street near by.

Zoo TV Live from Sydney 1993-11-27

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

There is a lot of synchronicity between, W.Gibson, U2 and The_Matrix, that should be revealed.




It's all about exploring, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR) 
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

To build a zoo (Part 2) | Planet Zoo

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8cd49s6Xi8 , https://www.youtube.com/@MadMorph/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0019103573901115

https://www.seti.org/news/zoo-hypothesis-may-explain-why-we-havent-seen-any-space-aliens/ 

https://explainingscience.org/2017/05/27/the-zoo-hypothesis/

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/m128f7/what_is_the_zoo_hypothesis/ 

Are Aliens Secretly Watching Humanity? The Zoo Theory Explained! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCskvYqzvuI , https://www.youtube.com/@MayimBialik/videos 

"I Hate This Place." Mr. Smith in the MATRIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TdeXsRvMjA 



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

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Saturday, July 03, 2010

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

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.

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 ,
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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.
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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.
So, various ancient writings & legends imply that we are already in some kind of cosmic running program.
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Dimensions: The Dimensional Ecology of the Multi-verse by, Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd


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. 




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Wednesday, July 05, 2023

U2: Zooropa and ZOO TV

Zooropa was such a super-tour for U2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour , https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54

Bono as the Fly, was also like a pre-Neo during the early 1990s.

Achtung_Baby really hit hard in 1991. https://www.u2.com/music/albums/4009

The music video for Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing (1992) was so far ahead of its time that it took until the first MATRIX movie to top it.

Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing#Music_video , https://www.u2.com/media/player/18/10 Before people could see Neo in the MATRIX (1999), there was Bono as the Fly in the U2 entertainment ZOO. https://www.artem.com/portfolio/554

https://www.u2.com/news/title/surprise-zoo-station-a-u2uv-experience-in-vegas

https://www.u2.com/tour , https://www.u2.com/media/photos/184  


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

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

From the Telegraph to the Internet, and Beyond

 https://cursus.edu/en/23982/from-the-telegraph-to-the-internet-the-more-it-changes-the-more-its-the-same-thesis

Eventually the telegraph lines became the telephone lines.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6417091-from-the-telegraph-to-the-internet

It was realized that pictures as well as sound could be transmitted through these lines.

https://www.routledge.com/MediaTechnology-and-Society-A-History-From-the-Telegraph-to-the-Internet/Winston/p/book/9780415142298

https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1830-1860

Entire data-streams of information could be transmitted through cables and beams of energy and eventually Fiber-optic_communication took off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber#History 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication#Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Michigan "In Michigan, it is also known as Telegraph Road and runs for 79.828 miles (128.471 km) as a major north–south state trunkline highway from Bedford Township at the Ohio state line through Metro Detroit."  

https://www.frrandp.com/2021/09/telegraph-road.html


Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (1982)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4E_924b9SU , https://culture.fandom.com/wiki/Telegraph_Road_(song) 

Dire Straits-Telegraph Road Live- aLCHEMY Tour 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Wp2ASqyxI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TTAXENxbM0 , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9HKX4sDEYdgDEQTV9iy9yw/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_over_Gold#Background , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_over_Gold#Track_listing

https://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialMarkKnopfler/videos If a guitarist can have a signature song, this is it for MK.

The Identity of Dire Straits's Telegraph Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5PD20rVaKk , https://www.youtube.com/c/Pseudiom/videos


Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (1977)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77R1Wp6Y_5Y ELO https://www.youtube.com/user/eloofficial/videos

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Telephone Line (Live at Wembley Stadium) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKElk9zTB04

Telephone Line - Jeff Lynne (Acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfW5Nahgc4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Line_(song) 


Sugarloaf - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (1974)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Call_Us,_We'll_Call_You

Sugarloaf - don't call us, we'll call you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4njPe2_rho video

Sugarloaf & Jerry Corbetta - Don`t call us , we`ll call you (Promo 1975) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvEQnVkV-28

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Re-Recorded / Remastered) · Sugarloaf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVMvfqnUWs


Wichita Lineman by Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell (1968)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Lineman , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxSarBcsKLU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Lineman#Background_and_content

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Lineman , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8P_xTBpAcY , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Lineman_(album)

https://americansongwriter.com/glen-campbell-wichita-lineman-behind-the-song

So many songs have been written about technology and communication through the decades.


In the early 1990s, U2 would start channeling the Digital MATRIX ZOO of entertainment.

https://medium.com/@james.clark/zoo-tv-a-masterpiece-of-multidisciplinary-art-87f92f0b3ca8

http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N15/u2.15a.html

U2 ZOO TV Behind the stage (Part1/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtiqXtEX9Vs


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

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Tuesday, June 09, 2026

PLANET ZOO - Building a zoo, chatting about life and animals...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANAEH2syN34 , https://www.youtube.com/@MadMorph/videos 

 Building a theme park for aliens (with a HUMAN ZOO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzpt2k3yyHw 

https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1elx7pu/im_going_to_be_honest_with_you_i_hate_this_place... 



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

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Monday, September 28, 2020

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

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 

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Friday, August 15, 2025

How AI Is Redrawing the Map of the Cosmos

https://medium.com/ai-explorerz/how-ai-is-redrawing-the-map-of-the-cosmos-d4cdde2f6c57 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/esas-euclid-spots-millions-of-galaxies-dark-matter-mystery 

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/mapping-the-cosmic-web/ 

https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/1109034/news20250129 

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ascl.soft03027W/abstract 

https://walmsley.dev/posts/zoobot-scaling-laws  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Zoo , https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/galaxy-zoo/

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/ 

http://zoo1.galaxyzoo.org/

Is this world part of a cosmic laboratory, farm, garden or zoo?

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

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Thursday, September 07, 2023

NYC has its very own ‘Fyre Festival 2.0’ after thousands storm the gates of the ‘EZoo’ EDM festival

 https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/electric-zoo-ezoo-edm-festival-crowd-surge-fyre-festival-astroworld

https://uproxx.com/life/electric-zoo-2023-photo-gallery

https://electriczoo.com/festival-info/venue Many people feel that things could have gone much better at the Electric_Zoo. 

https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/09/04/angry-fans-seek-answers-over-electric-zoo-festival-failures-on-randalls-island-in-nyc/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Zoo#Electric_Zoo_2023

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Tuesday, January 06, 2026

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

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