When he launched Meta, Mark Zuckerberg conceded that his little project could only succeed if he managed to transcribe “a feeling of presence,” that is to say, to give the virtual the flavor and texture of life. For the past few years, Lucien Murat's work has been situated exactly in this paradox of virtuality, this real existence, omnipresent, even, but from which beings are absent. We have …
When he launched Meta, Mark Zuckerberg conceded that his little project could only succeed if he managed to transcribe “a feeling of presence,” that is to say, to give the virtual the flavor and texture of life. For the past few years, Lucien Murat's work has been situated exactly in this paradox of virtuality, this real existence, omnipresent, even, but from which beings are absent. We have successfully transcribed the sensations of the body in virtual environments; have you ever noticed how the sensation of vertigo confuses us, fools us? How our body anticipates pain when we crash to …
