PinnedTopics I PonderI have no certified expertise in any of these areas. I am informed and actively engaged in them. That is all. Virtual Reality This is my most active topic with over 50 articles related to VR linked, (below the picture). They range from think pieces to narrative evocations of VR community. The…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
1 day agoRevolution for a WhileStreet Art Break in VR with Tom — It looked like a book cover when I first noticed it on Google Street View, a four-story mural at #1 R Natalia Correia in Lisbon. There’s definitely a narrative involved. Or rather, a bunch of possible narratives. The mural is named, “Peace Guard” and it refers to the Carnation Revolution…Street Art10 min readStreet Art10 min read
Jan 21InvisiBellas in DhakaStreet Art Break in VR — The social VR app, Wander provides an extensive set of Collections, selected Street View locations for interesting sights around the world. Most of the Collections feature the beauty of nature, but there is also a Street Art Collection — which is where I found this mural in Dhaka. …Street Art8 min readStreet Art8 min read
Jan 14Are We All One?Street Art Break in VR — Indigenous people from five continents were celebrated in the World’s Largest Street Art Mural, near the port area in Rio, when Brazil hosted the Olympics in 2016. “Ethnicities” is the work of Eduardo Kobra, who began tagging at the age of eleven in Sao Paulo and developed a distinctive style…Street Art4 min readStreet Art4 min read
Jan 5Faces at Sassoon DocksStreet Art Break in VR — It took about 40 years for the world’s major cities to go from fighting public painting to embracing it as art, within limits. New York City Mayor John Lindsay declared War on Graffiti in 1972 and the city went on to spend over $300 million in combat-related expenses before officially…Street Art7 min readStreet Art7 min read
Dec 30, 2022The ‘The Gambia Seven’Street Art Break in VR — That’s a former head of state on your right behind my avatar. This extensive political street art mural located on the Avenue Blaise Diagne in Dakar, Senegal is, in part, about a legal case involving journalists in the Gambia. Why is the mural in Dakar? What does it mean? Also…Street Art5 min readStreet Art5 min read
Dec 27, 2022Taking Down Metaverse Take DownsThey All Suffer from Limited Perspective Disease (LPD) — Of course they’d get it wrong. Of course they’d see Meta’s ill-conceived Horizon Worlds as the only way it could be and when that did not become extraordinarily popular right away, the current narrative was written. The Metaverse sucks. It did suck a lot in 2022. Not because it totally…Virtual Reality5 min readVirtual Reality5 min read
Dec 21, 2022“The Persuaders” is Hopeful+It Teaches You How to Fish — The very idea that people can change their mind is hopeful. On the other hand, I’m not crazy about persuading, which smacks of manipulation. Don’t try your Jedi mind hacks on me, dude. There are no Jedi mind hacks in this book. And really just one fundamental insight that everything…Persuaders5 min readPersuaders5 min read
Dec 19, 2022Looking Glass VRAlice in Wonderland is already VR, without a headset — What if the audience wasn’t just sitting still in their seats? What if all the members of the audience could pass Through the Looking-Glass with Alice, with the text backward on one side and just right on the other?Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
Dec 17, 2022Rainforest HeroStreet Art Break in VR — When Eduardo Kobra painted this mural of Raoni Metuktire in 2017, the Kayapo chief was in his mid-80s, enjoying retirement. He had lost some battles over the years but he also won some major victories over encroaching settlers, corrupt politicians, and rapacious global corporations. Two years later, approaching the age…Street Art5 min readStreet Art5 min read
