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A way to join and fly in places of beauty

The new medium of interactive virtual worlds is currently at that critical point of development when all the technical means now exist to enable the definition of the unique 'language' of the medium. It is at a similar point as cinema was about one hundred years ago when directors discovered the freedom of time and space made possible by film editing, and the ability to merge interior thought and exterior action into a seamless whole. The language of cinema became defined by a grammar of 'montage' instead of a flow of continuous experience within simple bounds of Aristotelean dramatic unities.

The new language of virtual experience

The language of this new medium will be based on a non-linear topology for narrative navigation and discovery, as well as active participation within the flow of action instead of a passive witnessing. The artistic nature of the medium allows for an interactive weaving of many sensory threads able to create a powerful 'suspension of disbelief' perhaps even more powerful than cinema since it is able to provide willful activity and discovery within a cluster of re-traceable yet changing paths, a condition which mimics the experience of 'life' itself. In addition the experience can be shared 'live' with other participants as well as fictional 'characters' sometimes indistinguishable from living participants... to learn more go -->