Virtual Reminiscence

What triggers the human brain to reminisce about our past experiences in life? Smells, I am told, are critical to our memories. But, this week, for the first time, I ran across an old machinima that I shot in 2008 and (believe it or not) I found myself virtually reminiscing. Physical space, such as our houses or the streets and shady parks we remember from our youth, cause us to recall personal memories.

Perhaps I am one of the first to discover a personal “pang” of reminiscence in a virtual world. The spaces we live in are moving from physical to virtual. Whether or not we have an avatar is of little consequence.

Note (2020): With BlipTV gone away… I have lost many of my early machinima videos. But I remember the places.

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  1. Loved the vid, thanks. Our local library here in Palmerston North, New Zealand, has asked me to present 10 mins about virtual reality – as part of digitising the town. I’ll have the link handy in case I want to show it to the group.
    Bruce (Tomo) Thomson
    20 Lyndhurst St. Chelwood Village,
    Palmerston North
    06 357 7773 021 176 9711
    palmytomo@gmail.com

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