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Thomas Metzinger / Reality is Virtual

Click above to listen to part 5 of We Are VR, featuring Thomas Metzinger, philosopher of Mind and Cognitive Science, at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, raising the possibility that all human experience, being the product of the brain’s representation of data gathered by our senses, is virtual.

We Are VR:
Part 1: Peter Rubin / Real World VR
Part 2: Jeremy Bailenson / VR Content
Part 3: Sherry Turkle / Virtual Life
Part 4: Carolina Cruz-Neira / Virtually Immersive
Part 5: Thomas Metzinger / Reality is Virtual

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