Augmented reality

This film explores the legend behind the Blair Witch, who is a supposed murderer in a small town, through three student filmmakers. In its entirety, the film is recorded from a video camera, making the events seem realistic, subsequently increasing the integrity of the film. In terms of the plot, the filmmakers begin by interviewing the nearby town on the Blair Witch, confirming its existence. They then journey through the woods to investigate the Blair Witch, confronting many supernatural-like…

While these elements work in favour of Riggs' novel, what is troubling is the part of the plot that explores a love interest portrayed between Jacob and a peculiar child. It becomes a notion of incest and is arguably unnecessary. The idea of it didn't seem to be a well-suited pair of a peculiar characters and a controversial topic of discussion. This could have been cut without affecting the other favourable elements of the novel. All in all, this book is for anyone who is willing to embark on…

In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the characters often engage in quick, witty remarks towards one another. Yet beneath their comic front, these characters’ words subtly challenge the reality we think we live in, demanding the we see beyond what we have come to accept. When Lady Bracknell asks Algernon how he has been behaving and Algernon replies he has been feeling well, Lady Bracknell remarks, “that’s not quite the same thing. In fact the two things rarely go together” creating…

Chapter Three: Filip Dujardin Filip Dujardin is a photographer who has explored manipulation of photographs through Photoshop. Dujardin’s work is photographs of unrealistic and amazingly complicated buildings that have a very unique and different style to them (Decor). The photo to the left is an excellent example of what Dujardin’s work looks like, it has a very unique and real look, however because of the complexity and impossibly it is known that the building isn’t real. The use of color is…

Objective reality refers to the perspective that the world is real and we are existing in it and that everything, as it looks, is real. According to Nigel, yes the something might look like a dream, we must be able to view them as they are happening or rather existing. Though Nigel is of the opinion that the world needs an objective perspective and reasoning, he appreciates the fact that the world begins by us. This has made it difficult to embrace the concept of total objective reality as…

help you to understand how reality tunnel works. If you are Christian, try becoming Muslim for a month and notice how your understanding of the world changes. If you are following the ideology of the political right wing, try to become an anarchist for a month. If you are firm believer in science, try becoming a pagan for a month. And so on and on. This might lead us to an idea that the true reality doesn't exist but rather appears to us in a way shaped by our reality tunnel. However, the…

His initial premise, doubting reality, follows the process of thinking regarding the mind's perception of its environment. The body and mind are separate in Descartes' understanding. Though they work in tandem, human experience is dependent on the mind. The body is merely a vessel for the mind, and its senses cannot be trusted to determine reality. The mind, then, is what must be examined to determine the scope of reality. The mind, however, perceives senses equally when awake…

The Truth About Columbine Dave Cullen’s purpose in writing Columbine was to expose the truth. Dave Cullen exposes Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris the Columbine shooters; everything from their extensive planning, their motives, and the harrowing results of the massacre were revealed throughout Columbine. The writing techniques throughout Columbine exemplify the different treatment of the killers. Eric being a psychopath that felt no remorse, and Dylan being humanized as a person who was lost in…

them using our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. The movie, Inception, revolves around the idea that we have the ability to make our own worlds through dreams, and consequently choose our own realities. The purpose of this essay is to prove that the movie, Inception, uses dreams to convey the message that our reality is the one we choose it to be. I will prove this argument by analyzing Dom Cobb’s experiences as an ‘extractor’ using Arnold van Gennep’s theory about rites of passage and its…

experienced the shadows on the wall, and be oblivious to the other prisoners, puppeteers, and have no knowledge of the outside world. The prisoners with their ability to speak will have embedded reality into what they’ve experienced their whole life (the shadows). Therefore it is concluded that “By every measure … reality for the prisoners would be nothing but shadows cast by artifacts” (sp. 515c). Suddenly, one prisoner is freed, and makes his way to the mouth of the cave. The bright light…