Pygmalion

Augmented Reality layer to a physical painting on canvas I made this piece in a period of isolation during the covid lock-down. After recently buying a Virtual Reality headset, to make new artwork and engage with this emerging VR technology and the growing "Metaverse" being built around it. But, I found myself disturbed and distraught by how much my senses were fooled by this new "virtual" reality, and even worse upon removing the headset, being disappointingly aware of my true physical reality. This technology has many obvious uses such as training, remote operations, long-distance medical care, digital art, gaming and entertainment, pornography, warfare, etc... The addictive potential...View all