Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology

We are blaming it on the virus. But it seems, in hindsight, as if we were anticipating this moment in time, when we could be forced to withdraw from other fellow beings. The proof is the technologies ...

May 22, 2021, 10:00 IST5 min
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<p><strong>BEATBOX MONK, JAPAN</strong></p> <p>Yogetsu Akasaka, a Japanese musician and Buddhist monk, presenting a livestream beatboxing performance at his home in Tokyo. Akasaka has beco...
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<p><strong>EXPENSIVE DAYS, SINGAPORE</strong></p> <p>Blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan, also known by his pseudonym MetaKovan, shows the digital artwork &lsquoEverydays: The First...
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<p><strong>A TOKEN ART, INDIA</strong></p> <p>Natlet, an artwork by Susanta Kumar Panda and Ramakanta Samantaray, highlights the perfect beauty of nature and the fatality of unchecked ramp...
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<p><strong>STARRY NIGHT, CANADA</strong>&nbsp</p> <p>Assistant director Nicolas Babillon calibrates the set-up before a preview of Imagine Van Gogh, an immersive digital art exhibition at ...
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<p><strong>STARRY NIGHT-2, CANADA</strong></p> <p>Created by French artistic directors Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron, the massive projections create a space where people experience van...
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<p><strong>MEET GEISHA PROJECT, JAPAN</strong></p> <p>A geisha rehearses for an online drinking party with clients in Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. With the pandemic forcing the postponem...
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<p><strong>KINKY PLAY, USA</strong></p> <p>Dominatrix Madame Margherite rehearses in front of her laptop in her dungeon ahead of a virtual strip club event livestreamed on September 4, 202...
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<p><strong>DIGITAL DRAG, ITALY</strong></p> <p>At an atelier filled with shelves overflowing with wigs, feathers and hundreds of stage costumes, Karma B prepares for her livestreamed perfo...
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<p><strong>VITAMIN CLOWN, GERMANY</strong></p> <p>Clinic clown &lsquoVitamins&rsquo (real name Ute von Koerber) conjures up surprises and humours 11-year-old Pauline online, who is recover...
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<p><strong>MEMORABLY GROUNDED, JAPAN</strong></p> <p>Katsuo Enuoe and his daughter enjoy the trimmings of a business class cabin and soak up the sights of Florence and Rome&mdashwithout ev...
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<p><strong>ROW YOUR BOAT, CHINA</strong>&nbsp</p> <p>The scenic route starts from Ping Hu Qiu Yue, also known as the &lsquoAutumn Moon Over the Calm Lake&rsquo and gently glides over spots...
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<p><strong>CYBER SINGER, FRANCE</strong></p> <p>Japanese virtual singer Hatsune Miku&mdashan animated 16-year-old with saucer eyes and lengthy aquamarine pigtails&mdashperforms on stage du...
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<p><strong>VIRTUAL WIFE, JAPAN</strong>&nbsp</p> <p>Akihiko Kondo (35), a Tokyo school administrator, poses for a photograph with a doll modelled after VR singer Hatsune Miku at his apartm...
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<p><strong>SUMMER VACATIONS, CHINA</strong></p> <p>For children in Guizhou, summer vacation days out means a VR experience in a showroom of new technology at a tourism attraction in Xingyi...
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<p><strong>TRIP TO THE ZOO, JAPAN&nbsp</strong></p> <p>A RakuRo autonomous self-driving robot developed by ZMP Inc moves past a zebra at the Chiba Zoological Park, Japan. The online event ...
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<p><strong>CHEF&rsquoS HAT, MYANMAR</strong>&nbsp</p> <p>Young chef Moe Myint May Thu films a cooking video at home in Yangon. From boiled catfish soup to spicy fried frog, this eight-year...
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<p><strong>SOARING BALLET, KENYA</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>Lydia Akoth (10), a member of Project Elimu, practises dancing on a sofa at home during a ballet lesson via a mobile phone...
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