In Love With Reality Truly, Madly, Virtually
January 9, 2006 | Source: New York Times
The Canvas virtual reality system is now available to artists for about $3,000. Software is free. All the public needs is a pair of passive stereo glasses ($1) or datagloves ($20).
This is the kind of watershed moment that video art enjoyed in 1965, when portable video recording equipment became available at mass-market prices.