Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle. Chris Milk 1970saccesscycle share on social
Virtual simulations allow post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers to re-experience the events that traumatized them, and then slowly desensitize themselves to their impact through repeated recreations involving not just sight and sound but even smell. Douglas Rushkoff desensitizedisorderevent share on social
Virtuality - connection without proximity - is a major attraction in both fandom and the Net. Nobody knows you're a dog through the U.S. mail, either. Fans could be utterly different in their fanzine persona, which may be why both fandom and the Net were invented by individualistic Americans. Gregory Benford americanattractionconnection share on social
Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak. Jonas Gahr Store accusedemocraticextremism Change image and share on social
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups. George Ayittey africacivilexclude Change image and share on social
Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features. Samantha Power africandarfurdark Change image and share on social
Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done. Jock Sturges pictureshootthink Change image and share on social
Virtually any appliance is going to be online. Appliances will talk to each other and to the power-generation system. Our appliances will pay attention to our preferences. Vint Cerf applianceattentiongeneration Change image and share on social
Virtually any pointed edifice is considered a candidate for alien engineering. After all, how could the Egyptians or Mayans have possibly stacked up stone blocks into pyramids? Seth Shostak alienblockcandidate Change image and share on social
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. Mike Schmidt burycivilizedead Change image and share on social