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- From: wampner@next1.cs.ucf.edu (Eric Wampner)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: CULTURE: Simpsons do VR
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 21:17:26 GMT
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- WILLIAMSON, JOHN EDWARD writes
- >
- >
- > For those who keep tabs on VR in the (U.S.) mainstream media, Lisa
- > Simpson (Bart's sister on Fox's _The Simpsons_) has joined the elite
- > group of cartoon characters who have experienced VR (others include
- > Darkwing Duck and Batman).
- >
- > On the Jan 14th episode, Lisa briefly visted Ghangis Khan (sp?) by
- > wearing a VR helmet at school.
- Its worse than that
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- She imagined that she was using a VR helmet.
- "You'll kill who I kill, you'll eat who I eat"
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- So, she is a virtual person imagining herself in a virtual reality.
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- Okay, everybody,, reality check.
- BZZZZZT.
- Eric Wampner
- wampner@acme.ucf.edu
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