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Hollywood, Inception, and the Cinematic Dream State

Hollywood, Inception, and the Cinematic Dream State | Science News | Scoop.it

Interview with Jason Silva by Frank Rose

Maybe that was what got us talking about Inception, Chris­to­pher Nolan’s meta­physical ac­tion flick, which came out two years ago and won’t let go. From there it was in­evitable that we’d slide into The Matrix, eXistenZ, and other movies that seek to limn the para­meters of reality. Eventually we had to go, but we ended up continuing the con­ver­sation on­line. What follows is an edited transcript in which we question everything, including those bricks on the wall.

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» Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams

» Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams | Science News | Scoop.it
The Army is looking to battle traumatized veterans' nightmares -- with soothing, digitally made dreams, crafted in virtual worlds.
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'Matrix'-Style Learning Implants New Skills in Brain | The Matrix Download Skills | Inception Memories | InnovationNewsDaily

'Matrix'-Style Learning Implants New Skills in Brain | The Matrix Download Skills | Inception Memories | InnovationNewsDaily | Science News | Scoop.it
An experiment using fMRI brain scans has shown how scientists could implant new skills or memories without people being aware of what they're learning, similar to science fiction stories such as The Matrix or Inception.
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WAKE UP AND DREAM | Hybrid Reality | Big Think

WAKE UP AND DREAM | Hybrid Reality | Big Think | Science News | Scoop.it

In “Beyond Cinema” they looked at “How filmmakers and artists are shifting our ideas about what cinema can be, adding cinematic drama to reality, and reinventing the rules by reinterpreting creative processes”...

The dreams of merging with cinema in unfathomably richer ways are around the corner. I foresee a near future where luminous filmmakers don’t simply make movies; they create habitable, interactive worlds, with cascading layers of potential psychological catharses, gradients of bliss we cannot even begin to imagine.

And so we shall continue to dream, and architect our dreams, and remain open to visions that do not come to our ‘mature’ neighbors, with their wise, nodding resignations to nothingness.

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