River's Dream Voices from Objects in Space

POSTED BY: Hera7
UPDATED: Monday, October 9, 2006 22:13
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Originally posted by Cavalier:
I recently came across an article about using the Second Life VR world to give people the experience of schizophrenia. It sounded very like Rivers POV in OiS.

I think you are probably right – she usually does see the world like this. No wonder she is so confused.

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From the Economist:


Peter Yellowlees, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, has been teaching about schizophrenia for 20 years, but says that he was never really able to explain to his students just how their patients suffer. So he went online, downloaded some free software and entered Second Life...
Mr. Yellowlees created hallucinations. A resident might walk through a virtual hospital ward, and a picture on the wall would suddenly flash the word "shitface". The floor might fall away, leaving the person to walk on stepping stones above the clouds. An in-world television set would change from showing an actual speech by Bob Hawke, Australia's former prime minister, into Mr Hawke shouting, "Go and kill yourself, you wretch!" A reflection in a mirror might have bleeding eyes and die.

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I wonder what a crowd look like to River? Perhaps I should feel lucky I do not know…

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That reminds me of the computer/video game Vampire-Bloodlines. The Malkavian player character is insane, has interesting insights on what is happening and speaks in a way that makes others uneasy. That character alone makes a B- game an A- rating. I'd give examples, but it is better off experienced first hand with out prior knowledge.

Of course I'm a bit insane myself...

Hera7

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