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New In Town: FlyOver Iceland
Iceland is a relatively small place, but seeing all its wonders during your week-long vacation might prove a tad difficult. Enter FlyOver Iceland. On this virtual ride, soar over glaciers, mountains, lava fields and more, all from the comfort of an amusement…
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The New Soundscape: Andrew T. Huang’s Virtual Realities
In 1935, the American author Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote what many believe to be the first fictional model for what we now know as virtual reality. “Pygmalion’s Spectacles” features a small “gnomelike” professor with a Berkeleyan slant who creates a pair of…
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All That Shines And Shivers: Björk On VR & The Female Star
In Björk’s ideal fantasy life she spends all of her time writing music, cued by the cycles of the moon. “When the new moon comes, I’d go under, like a submarine,” she explains, motioning up and down with her arms. “On a…
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Fresh In Iceland: Virtual Reality
As you may have seen from the cover of our current print issue, this issue we’re partying like it’s 1982—‘Blade Runner’ is coming back—and so, it seems, is virtual reality. First up, Björk exploded both the awareness of where VR technology is…
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Björk Digital Exhibit Launched With Virtual Reality Press Conference
Björk today launched the ‘Bjork: Digital’ virtual exhibition in London with a virtual reality press conference. The singer, from Iceland’s School of Technology in Reykjavík, appeared as a virtual avatar to journalists in London. Björk also offered an introduction to the exhibition,…