Interview: Brenda Laurel

Authors

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Abstract

This interview with Brenda Laurel, Virtual Reality (VR) author and thinker, discusses the applications and challenges of VR. Creating an emphatic experience using VR technology is possible, but the challenge lies in designing an environment that models the senses to stimulate emotions. VR enables experiences of different genders, but physiological differences between the sexes exist and are important to understand. However, technology used to create the environment and simulation of physical objects in VR is only in the developmental stage. Laurel believes in the importance of keeping the mind grounded in the physical body, in order to strengthen the appreciation of life and nature, rather than letting the mind be disembodied and be everywhere in the virtual world. The mind and body are one.

Preservation Process

Archived from http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=190.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch. Metadata for this item was created and augmented by Thao Uyen Chau, Spring 2022, Art 104

Original Article URL

http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/switch/SwitchV1N2/Laurel_interv/Laurel_intro.html

Recommended Citation

Challas, Jason (1995) "Interview: Brenda Laurel," SWITCH: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol2/iss1/5