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Char Davies’ Osmose
An early VR art immersionAn early VR art immersion
One afternoon while deep-sea diving in the Bahamas, Char Davies got an unforgettable taste of virtual space. Floating over one of those yawning ocean trenches where Navy submarines prowl unseen, Davies and her companions found themselves suspended in a watery void. Only a thin rope stretched between their boat's anchor and a nearby buoy helped them keep their sense of direction from being swallowed up. They were waiting for sharks, and the sharks never came. The group became bored, restless...