A Brief View of Virtual Worlds

Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

Thus quothed Edgar Allan Poe from some time ago… 😛

Lost in The Angel Microbrewery this Thursday evening we will adventure in two parts to explore various virtualities:

• Installing openVPN (or some Virtual Private Network) to a remote Virtual Private Server
• Touring through the latest in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, and considering what might be done with such worlds and how…

Phew!

– All suitably mind expanding whilst still being reminded of the real-world delights of good food and beer and all in the company of Linux 😉

(Some of us will be there early for food before the meeting proper.)

All welcome!

We have the large table in the brewing room. Just look for the Linux and Penguins 🙂

Cheers,
Martin

Talk notes:

Considering immediate live real-world needs, what was actually installed was “Remmina” to give a flexible remote desktop view into a remote VPS. The VPN bits may well be included in our next meeting!

For our talk, see: Virtuality Updated 2017.

A shortened summary can be appreciated from the list of examples:

• Mario Kart makes the leap to virtual reality… – All good fun!
• ‘Strange Beasts’ is a Sci-fi Short About Augmented Reality… – An example of an alluring alternate reality?
• Elon Musk, SpaceX: The Future of Design – Where virtual design becomes real
• Get a Pilot’s Eye View of the F-35 Head-Up Display – Just one very real, military, present reality
• HYPER-REALITY – Contrasted with this reality soon to come for consumers?

See “Virtuality Updated 2017” for the full list for the evening.