Before code, beyond screen: Media archeology and convergence friction in early VR art (1993–1995)
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Published online on February 03, 2026
Abstract
Convergence, Ahead of Print.
Virtual reality (VR) has often been narrated as if it emergedex nihilo, whether through Lanier’s early proclamations of a new epoch, Rheingold’s celebration of Sensorama, or, particularly in Japan, the rhetoric of a “first year of VR” that accompanied ...
Virtual reality (VR) has often been narrated as if it emergedex nihilo, whether through Lanier’s early proclamations of a new epoch, Rheingold’s celebration of Sensorama, or, particularly in Japan, the rhetoric of a “first year of VR” that accompanied ...