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more about #virtualreality more comments → Star Kid: Romulus Rex: "Mal. Guy killed me, Mal. He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?" Mandatory Serenity quote. #robots more » GodofMonkeys: Subarashii desu ne #robots more » AngryEddy: Japan's bold footsteps towards a sex robot continue. Thank you, Japan. #robots more » atrus123: Hopefully the ear pulling device will achieve wide adoption. I always wanted someone to be able to guide me around like a horse. #robots more » lightninglouie: I'd heard that the new Nintendo DS had some interesting new features, but never imagined that it could induce scary homoerotic interludes. more » Grey_Area: The second clip will not play for me. But I imagine that the at one point the captain says, "Make my sleeves poofier!" To which the stalwart engineer,... more » BullfightsOnAcid: This was a great show. The story and production value was way above what I was expecting. I just can't see Fox getting behind a "cerebral" sci-fi show... more » PearlAntiphates: The show has the usual Space Disease: everyone on the ship has become White. more » DeltaGuy: As this is an NBC-Universal show, I choose to hope that the studio will try to shop this to its sister station, Syfy. As an inhouse production, this ... more » ManchuCandidate: Oh boy. If humanity's survival actually depended on reality TV and ratings then we totally deserve to swim with the fishes. more » Belabras: Fox really is doing all it can to bury this, aren't they? more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Trainwreck on Livejournal? Isn't that what happens everyday there anyway? I'm wondering why Fox would show a two hour pilot without even indicating wh... more » Torley: Before Natal, check out Hands Free 3D used with Second Life: In SL, perhaps it's more apt to say that you choose your own goals - there are roleplayin... more » Makidian: I think your jumping the gun there on Natal. I'm not trying to be a hater, but nobody has any idea if Natal will work well when it's released and even... more » alphanumeric1971: I just want to know when we went from calling him "Mister Ronald D. Moore" to just "Ron Moore." more » -
#weirdinventions
FreakBots, Ear-Pulling Helmets And Anti-Monster Bad-Breath Guns: Japan's Latest Weird Inventions
The weird and outright inappropriate inventions at Japan's Digital Contents Expo include a fembot who doesn't just visit the uncanny valley, she owns it. Plus a helmet that yanks on your ears to guide you, and a bad-breath game. More » -
#foundfootage
Long Before Virtuality, Another Star Trek Alum Tried To Get Edgy With The Holodeck
Melinda Snodgrass is best known for writing the Star Trek episode where Data's personhood gets put on trial. But in the mid-1990s, she created Star Command, which took Trek's holodeck much, much further. Just check out this holo-torture sequence. Edgy! More » -
#review
"Virtuality" Promises Cynical Media Melodrama - In Space
Virtuality is a reality-TV space opera and the newest television idea from Ron Moore, co-creator of the recent Battlestar Galactica reboot. But the show may never make it past the pilot that airs tonight. Is that really a loss? More » -
#virtualreality
7 Virtual Reality Technologies That Actually Work
So far, virtual reality has mostly been a colossal disappointment. But VR has had its share of breakthroughs and innovative applications. Here are seven VR technologies that work, and that may yet point the way to truly successful virtual reality.
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#exclusive
Discover The Secrets Of Ron Moore's 10-Year Space Probe
Ronald D. Moore's long-awaited Virtuality airs June 26, and we've got exclusive concept art showing the inner workings of the deep-space probe Phaeton and its various modules — including a super-detailed diagram explaining the physics of the ship. More » -
#virtualworlds
7 Failed Virtual Reality Technologies
There was a time when people were calling home virtual reality the wave of the future. Now most people just call it goofy and expensive. Here are 7 virtual reality technologies that didn't work, and never will.
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#virtualworlds
How To React To Your VR Environment
How convincing is virtual reality? To our conscious mind, not at all (Seriously, have you seen Second Life?), but to our subconsciousnesses? Well, it depends how real everyone else thinks it is, apparently. More » -
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#virtuality
Ron Moore's VR Masterpiece Virtuality Finally Gets An Airdate
Ron Moore's awesome virtual-reality thriller, Virtuality, may be the freshest, most challenging work he's ever come up with. Fox has been sitting on the two-hour pilot for months, but it looks like it'll finally air. More » -
#springmatingseason
Science Fiction Sex Toys We'd Like In The Real World
Since science fiction was invented, the real world has followed in its footsteps, whether it's language or replicating fictional moral dilemmas. But there's one area where the real world is sadly lacking: science-fictional sextoys. More » -
#poll
How Did The U.S. Ending To Life On Mars Compare To The BBC Version?
I still can't decide whether the U.S. Life On Mars ending was awesome or horrible. Please help me make up my mind! (Spoilers ahead.) More »
