larp
Seeing the Elephant
LARPers and war reenactors are used to constructing new worlds.
Virtual Reality
Frederik Pohl’s Gateway
Sleep No More
What happens if we can’t get out?
Sensorama
Beyond the Sword of Damocles
One of the signature inventions in early VR is collecting dust in an Orange County apartment.
Steven Millhauser
Long Live the Screen
The Victorian roots of virtual reality
David Cronenberg
The New Flesh
David Cronenberg mastered body horror. But virtual reality brings it crawling into the real world.
The Lawnmower Man
Did The Lawnmower Man Ruin Everything?
How one terrible movie defined our vision of the future.
virtuality
Failure to Launch
Virtuality and the ’90s VR arcade boom
oculus rift
The Oculus Shift
How Palmer Luckey’s headset is democratizing virtual art.
Station House Opera
Welcome to the Blackbox
What can theater teach us about presence?
holodeck
When Will We Get the Holodeck?
According to its creator, at least 100 years.
Dark Igloo
Dark Igloo & KidMograph
About the cover artists
Hinduism
Higher Powers
We’ve been ready for virtual reality for a long time.