“VIRTUAL REALITY”
“AUGMENTED REALITY”
“MIXED REALITY”
WE HAVE ALLOWED THE COMPUTER SALESMEN TO DEFINE ALL THREE OF THESE IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CAMERAS AND SCREENS!
SCREENS OVER THE EYEBALLS!
THEY’RE OBSESSED WITH THAT!
TACTILE FEEDBACK!
“ONLY SAFE IN CYBERSPACE”!
AND YET!
WE ALL KNOW HOW IMMERSIVE TEXT ALONE CAN BE!
OR TEXT COMBINED WITH PAPER MAPS!
OR TEXT COMBINED WITH SIMPLE CARTOONS OF MONSTERS!
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ALL FORMS OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED REALITY MAY BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED USING NOTHING MORE THAN A SIMPLE NETWORK OF SIMPLE WEB PAGES!
TRASH MAGIC CAN BE USED TO MAKE SUCH IMMERSIVE MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS!
TRASH MAGIC IS LIKE A REALITY WE MAKE AS WE GO!
IT IS LIKE WRITING WITH WATER ON STONE!
IT IS HTML AS CHALK BOARD!