2025. március 20., csütörtök

Immersive Technologies Policy Primer - reaction

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This looks like a solid overview of the current "state of the art". What I don't see is the background, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (and were afraid to look down so now we fall like a stone, just as predicted -> https://youtu.be/KZqsWGtdqiA?t=102 ).

When discussing the social effects of communication technologies, where is the reference to Neil Postman? -> neilpostman.org
https://youtu.be/QqxgCoHv_aE

When talking about education, where is PLATO?
https://youtu.be/THoxsBw-UmM

When discussing AR/VR, where is Ivan Sutherland?
https://youtu.be/AFqXGxKsM3w
Or at least, Alan Kay (among others, the real inventor of the tablet)...
https://youtu.be/pUoBSC3uoeo?t=5061

When thinking about informatics in general, where is Douglas Engelbart?
https://youtu.be/O77mweZ8-RQ?t=22
Or Ted Nelson?
https://youtu.be/KdnGPQaICjk

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
George Santayana

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... and I guess this date should be 1994:
[3] Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino (1884)