'ExsitenZ' is a 1999 David Cronenberg film we watched briefly in class, on a futuristic gaming system that takes players to an alternate world where they live the game, each action a move in the game. The film held a deep game inside a game, world inside another world theme, done in a dramatically frightening sort of way. The players get confused on whether they are still in the game and confuse a video game with their real world reality. The film takes many twists and even at the last moment your not sure what's real and what isn't.
The issue was reflected in the lecture along with discussion, about the potential of persistent exposure to alternate realities through virtualistic video games, to cause consumers confusion between real and virtual life.
Stephen made a comment relating to playing mario cart and post game getting the feeling you could bounce off the sides of the road while driving. It seems a humorous comment at first but after some thought a daunting possibility that no doubt most have experienced.
With technological advances discussed in the tutorial such as seemingly 360 degree viewing platforms and the inclusion of the body to interact with these games, it seems not such a far out concept to confuse these virtual realities with the real ones.
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