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.
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