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Reading this all I can think of are the "ractors" in Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age).


I'm reading and loving that book.

Of all the technological wonders of the setting, "ractors" are what amazed me the most. It's the perfect interactive experience, a full-time "Wizard of Oz"[0].

Maybe we can see something of the kind in the following year with the advancement of VR thechnology..

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_of_Oz_experiment


The first third or so of the Diamond Age is one of my favorite things I've ever read. It's full of great ideas.




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