{"id":192025,"date":"2017-05-09T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/creepy-satirical-vr-ad-pitches-cyberpunk-thriller-boing-boing\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:40:12","slug":"creepy-satirical-vr-ad-pitches-cyberpunk-thriller-boing-boing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/cyberpunk\/creepy-satirical-vr-ad-pitches-cyberpunk-thriller-boing-boing\/","title":{"rendered":"Creepy satirical VR ad pitches cyberpunk thriller &#8211; Boing Boing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Harsh Reality is a    short movie about how horrible VR is going to be; here's the    trailer for the crowdfunding campaign.  <\/p>\n<p>      ENERGEIA FILMS is proud to be a part of the launch campaign      for NOIR Systems's latest entry in the field of VR-enhanced      rehabilitation -- the NSYS-EX. As seen in the new short film,      HARSH REALITY!    <\/p>\n<p>      What happens when the technology designed to help us is      turned against us? Please help fund HARSH REALITY so you can      find out!    <\/p>\n<p>    VR dystopias are usually posed as an assault on our senses, on    our privacy, our sense of self. But honoring the utopian    viewpoint--VR as a manifestation of everything we want to see    and become, an unfettered self--always held more power for me,    especially as prelude to dystopia. The 1988(!) Red    Dwarf episode Better Than    Life, wherein fully-immersive VR is revealed as a way to    completely idealize one's everyday personal flaws, remains my    favorite!  <\/p>\n<p>    report this ad  <\/p>\n<p>      Hey, its new to me! And after a decade living in the U.S.      northeast, I feel like Ive come to appreciate how it      captures Baltimores unique spirit. [via]    <\/p>\n<p>      A business trade group representing small craft breweries      wants them to knock off sexist labels, product names and ads.      Zach Fowle, reporting for Draft, says that the new guidelines      also want them to stop using imagery that encourages underage      consumption. The organization added two new lines to its      Marketing and Advertising Code Wednesday, advising brewers      []    <\/p>\n<p>      In 1990, probably around the time that the last film with the      cast of the original Star Trek TV show had just finished      wrapping up the principle shooting of Star Trek VI: The      Undiscovered Country (which came out in 1991), MCI somehow      managed to wrangle all the cast members, including William      (I-Really-Dont-Want-Anything-To-Do-With-The-Rest-Of-You)      Shatner into making []    <\/p>\n<p>      You know the feeling. The clock strikes 2:30, and all you      have to show for your day is a lingering lunch coma, a      growing stack of unread emails, and an empty document      taunting you with its endlessly blinking cursor. It kind of      feels like a panic attack, but its way more boring and no      one []    <\/p>\n<p>      Although it can be tough to talk to Alexa when your Echo is      blasting music at full volume, Amazons voice-activated cloud      assistant works remarkably well. But theres a lot of      uncharted territory in the realm of conversational      interfaces, and Alexa is still limited to services that have      integrated her abilities. If you have an amazing []    <\/p>\n<p>      Maintaining an avid reading habit is one of thebest      workouts your brain can get, but actually following through      with that degree of literary ambition usually involves      lugging around a bag full of paperbacks. To keep up with the      newest books without breaking your back (and bypassing your      laziness), Instaread gives you access to hundreds of []    <\/p>\n<p>    report this ad  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/05\/08\/creepy-satirical-vr-ad-pitches.html\" title=\"Creepy satirical VR ad pitches cyberpunk thriller - Boing Boing\">Creepy satirical VR ad pitches cyberpunk thriller - Boing Boing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Harsh Reality is a short movie about how horrible VR is going to be; here's the trailer for the crowdfunding campaign. 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