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From: thuermel@ztivax.UUCP (Dr Sabine Thuermel)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Philosophical Aspects of Virtual Reality
Keywords: Virtual Reality, Baudrillard, Flusser
Message-ID: <5345@ztivax.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 91 07:44:26 GMT
Organization: Siemens AG, Munich, W-Germany
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Hello,
I just come back from a trip to the US I enjoyed very much. 
The one thing that was missing was getting into contact with researchers 
working on philosophical aspects of Virtual Reality. 
Since this seems to be a (technically) virulent field in the US, 
I expected - in every University Bookstore - lots of publications. 
But I did not find any. Nor did I find journals dealing with the 
aestehtics of modern media.
There must be authors like Baudrillard, Virillo, Flusser in the US 
as well as people interested in talking about Virtual Reality.
I am grateful for any pointers. I`d be happy to discuss certain aspects 
of VR via e/mail.

Thanks

Sabine Thuermel


e-mail: thuermel@ztivax.siemens.com