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Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion.


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Virtual Art

From Illusion Illusion
See also Appearances, Deceiving.

Barmecide feast

imaginary feast served t0 beggar by prince. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “The Barmecide’s Feast”]

Emperor’s New Clothes
 to Immersion immersion /im·mer·sion/ (i-mer´zhun)
1. the plunging of a body into a liquid.

2. the use of the microscope with the object and object glass both covered with a liquid.
 

Oliver Ol·i·ver   , Joseph Known as "King Oliver." 1885?-1938.

American jazz musician and composer who had a great influence on the style of Louis Armstrong. His Creole Jazz Band was the first Black group to make jazz recordings.
 Grau
"Grau traces the lineage of virtual reality as far back as the frescoes
of a villa in Pompeii. Many illustrations amplify the argument."
--Scientific American, Book of the Month


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