Posthuman Blues

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Found Image #9

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: From: http://www.retrofuture.com/sensorama.html

"What was Sensorama? It was a mechanized marvel that used motion, sound, smells, even artificial breezes, to convince users they were riding a motorcycle through the streets of Brooklyn or watching a belly dancer perform.

"Today, Sensorama would probably be called a "virtual reality video game" but in those days, no such thing as a video game or virtual reality existed."; 11:59 PM
Mac said...: Not exactly "Neuromancer," huh?; 12:05 AM
Anonymous said...: Ha! Nope. Not hardly. Cyberspace is an imaginal, multi-party, "mutual consenusual hallucination" of the virtual, connected, realm of the mind, for now.

Now, if you could only or practically network a couple dozen old "Sensorama's" together...nah, too much hassle for not enough positive feedback. Forget I texturally uvulated... 8*%!?; 3:19 AM
Anonymous said...: Uh, "consensual," above. Garsh... Hyuck!; 3:22 AM
Anonymous said...: I remember playing(?)one of these in the early 70s!
It was in the arcade on Disneylands' Main Street. I liked it because you really felt like you were riding a motorcycle..handlebars shook, wind in your face.. along with the film you were shown.. I played it a few times with my friends, it was great. Think it cost 50 cents a ride.; 6:52 PM

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